Morphological, molecular and phylogenetic analyses of the spirurid nematode Stegophorus macronectes (Johnston & Mawson, 1942)

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Authors: Vidal, V., Ortiz, J., Diaz, J.I., Zafrilla, Basilio, Bonete, María-José, Ruiz De Ybañez, M.R., Palacios, M.J., Benzal, J., Valera, F., De La Cruz, C., Motas, M., Bautista, Vanesa, Machordom, A., Barbosa, A.
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Agroquímica y Bioquímica, Biotecnología de Extremófilos (BIOTECEXTREM)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
• Subjects: Spirurid nematode; Stegophorus macronectes; Gastrointestinal parasite; Bioquímica y Biología Molecular; Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/63432; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X15000218

Stegophorus macronectes (Johnston & Mawson, 1942) is a gastrointestinal parasite found in Antarctic seabirds. The original description of the species, which was based only on females, is poor and fragmented with some unclear diagnostic characters. This study provides new morphometric and molecul...