Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846) Anderson & Wong 1981

• Main Authors: Arai, Hisao P., Smith, John W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Spirurida; Acuariidae; Paracuaria; Paracuaria adunca; Canada; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626853; https://zenodo.org/record/5626853

* Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846) Anderson & Wong, 1981 Description (after Anderson & Wong 1982). In the apparent absence of a description of L3 from fishes the following is based on Anderson & Wong’s (1982) account of L3 from experimentally infected amphipods. L3 slender and delicate, 2.60 (2.20–2.80) long, 0.074 (0.070–0.090) wide. Cuticle transversely striated. Head with prominent triangular pseudolabia. Interlabia each divided into two equal lobes. Two pairs cephalic papillae submedially at base of pseudolabia. Amphids inconspicuous. Buccal cavity narrow, widening at oral opening and lined with thick cuticle. Deirids small, near nerve ring. Excretory pore opens 0.162 (0.14–0.19) from anterior end (Fig. 70 A). Total oesophagus [muscular plus glandular] 1.25 (1.12–1.44) long. Rectum tubular and surrounded by three oval-shaped rectal cells with prominent nuclei. Tail with slight dorsal curve, and rounded tip. Inconspicuous phasmids located subventrally (Fig. 70 B). Male genital primordium lies free in pseudocoelom; female primordium attached to body wall by vaginal primordium. Site: mesenteries Hosts: Apeltes quadracus (2); Carassius auratus (1); Cottus sp. (1); Fundulus heteroclitus (3); Gasterosteus aculeatus (1, 2); Notropis hudsonius (1); Pungitius pungitius (2, 3); Semotilus atromaculatus (1) Distribution: Nova Scotia, Ontario Records: 1. Anderson & Wong 1982 (EX, ON); 2. Marcogliese 1992b (NS); 3. Marcogliese 1995 (NS) : 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 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165530 : {"references": ["Smith, J. D. & Anderson, R. C. (1981) Seasonality of Raphidascaris canadensis (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in the intermediate host, yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Program and Abstracts. 20 th Annual Meeting, Canadian Society of Zoologists, University of Waterloo, 10 - 13 May 1981. Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, 12, 86.", "Marcogliese, D. J. (1992 b) Metazoan parasites of sticklebacks on Sable Island, northwest Atlantic Ocean: biogeographic considerations. Journal of Fish Biology, 41, 399 - 407. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8649.1992. tb 02668. x"]}