Molecular identification and larval morphological description of Contracaecum pelagicum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the anchovy Engraulis anchoita (Engraulidae) and fish-eating birds from the Argentine North Patagonian Sea

• Published in: Parasitology International
• Main Authors: Garbin, Lucas, Matiucci, Simonetta, Paoletti, Michela, Diaz, Julia Inés, Nascetti, Giuseppe, Navone, Graciela Teresa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ireland
• Subjects: Paratenic Hosts; Contracaecum Pelagicum; Larval Transmision; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentine; Chubut; Engaño; Imperial Shag; Phalacrocorax atriceps; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/11281

The third-stage larva usually develops in invertebrates which are prey items of finfish paratenic hosts. Contracaecum larvae molt twice inside the egg and hatch as free third-stage larvae ensheathed in the second-stage larval cuticle. Copepods act as paratenic or obligatory hosts, usually ingesting...