Ascarophis ...

• Main Authors: Arai, Hisao P., Smith, John W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Secernentea; Spirurida; Spiruridae; Ascarophis; British Columbia; Canada; Northwest Territories; Pacific; Gadus morhua; Newfoundland; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626777; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5626777

Ascarophis sp. Sites: intestinal lumen, stomach Hosts: Coregonus nasus (8); Cottus aleuticus (5); Gadus macrocephalus (5); Gadus morhua (9); Hexagrammos decagrammus (1, 5); Mallotus villosus (6); Nautichthys oculofasciatus (5); Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (2, 4); Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (7) Distribution: Atlantic, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Pacific Records: 1. Margolis 1977 (PA); 2. Anon. 1981 (BC); 3. Sankurathri et al. 1983 (PA); 4. Anon. 1984 (BC); 5. Ko 1986 (BC, PA); 6. Arthur et al. 1995 (AT); 7. Boje et al. 1997 (AT); 8. Choudhury & Dick 1997 (NT): 9. Khan et al. 2011 (NF) Comments: Five Ascarophis species are known currently from Canadian fishes. Appy (1981) provided good descriptions and illustrations for A. arctica, A. extalicola and A. filiformis; the original descriptions of A. morrhuae and A. sebastodis are relatively poor. Taxonomic problems concern morphology of the head of both sexes, and the tails of males. Regarding the head, the pseudolabia of A. extalicola ... : Published as part of Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, pp. 1-274 in Zootaxa 4185 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165530 ...