Morphometric and molecular characterization of the species of Uncinaria Frölich, 1789 (Nematoda) parasitic in the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber), with notes on hookworms in three other pinniped hosts

This study presents morphological and molecular data on hookworms from the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber) currently identified in Australian waters as Uncinaria hamiltoni Baylis, 1933. Additional specimens from the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea (Péron) and the...

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Main Authors: P Ramos, Michael Lynch, M Hu, John Arnould, R Norman, I Beveridge
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Microbiology
Zoology
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Parasitology
PHOCARCTOS-HOOKERI PUPS
LION ZALOPHUS-CALIFORNIANUS
SAN-MIGUEL ISLAND
CALLORHINUS-URSINUS
RIBOSOMAL DNA
NEW-ZEALAND
AUCKLAND ISLANDS
OTARIA-BYRONIA
ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE
SPP
New Zealand
San Miguel
Antarc*
Antarctica
Auckland Islands
Elephant Seal
Mirounga leonina
Southern Elephant Seal
Callorhinus ursinus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30055331
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Summary:This study presents morphological and molecular data on hookworms from the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber) currently identified in Australian waters as Uncinaria hamiltoni Baylis, 1933. Additional specimens from the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea (Péron) and the New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson) from Australia, and the Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus) from Antarctica, were included. Using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), hookworms from A. p. doriferus, N. cinerea and A. forsteri were found to be genetically similar but distinct from Uncinaria spp. found in M. leonina from Antarctica, as well as from Zalophus californianus (Lesson) and Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus) from California. Few morphological differences were detected between these taxa.

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