Antarctophthirus carlinii (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), a new species from the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli

• Published in: Parasitology Research
• Main Authors: Leonardi, María Soledad, Poljak, Sebastián, Carlini, Pedro, Galliari, Juan, Bobinac, Magali, Santos, Mercedes, Márquez, María E., Negrete, Javier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Antarctica; Pack-Ice Seals; Sucking Lice; Taxonomy; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Weddell; Argentina; Hydrurga; Danco; Danco Coast; Antarc*; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leptonychotes weddelli; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/8009

As a part of an ongoing long-term study on the biology of pack-ice seals in Antarctica, we had the opportunity to collect lice from Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddelli). We did not find the original description of this host-parasite association. Antarctophthirus ogmorhini had previously been repor...