Morphological identification of Skrjabinisakis Mozgovoi, 1951 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Kogia sima (Cetacea: Kogiidae) from Brazilian waters

Abstract New morphological, morphometric and scanning electron microscopy data of a nematode of the family Anisakidae, recovered from a specimen of Kogia sima, a cetacean that died off the northern coast of Brazil, are presented in this paper. Morphological features such as the violin-shaped ventric...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Main Authors: Raul Henrique da Silva Pinheiro, Andréa Magalhães Bezerra, Elane Guerreiro Giese
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Portuguese
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2023
Subjects:
Nematode
parasite
dwarf sperm whale
Amazon estuary
Animal culture
SF1-1100
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612023064
https://doaj.org/article/001ab8bb26fc4ad3b97f7ed3c7e6b6b5
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Summary:Abstract New morphological, morphometric and scanning electron microscopy data of a nematode of the family Anisakidae, recovered from a specimen of Kogia sima, a cetacean that died off the northern coast of Brazil, are presented in this paper. Morphological features such as the violin-shaped ventricle and short and equal spicules, as well as the distribution of post-cloacal papillae and specificity for the definitive host (Kogiidae cetaceans) demonstrate similarity to Skrjabinisakis paggiae. This research records Kogia sima and S. paggiae on the estuarine coast of Pará, northern Brazil.

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