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

• 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; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Morphometric_and_molecular_characterization_of_the_species_of_Uncinaria_Fr_lich_1789_Nematoda_parasitic_in_the_Australian_fur_seal_Arctocephalus_pusillus_doriferus_Schreber_with_notes_on_hookworms_in_three_other_pinniped_hosts/20960836

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.