Contracaecum

• Main Authors: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín, Kuchta, Roman
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Secernentea; Ascaridida; Anisakidae; Contracaecum; Elephant Seals; Hydrurga leptonyx; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6121058; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C20BA6EFFF1FFC0DBDBFE70FB9C8778

Contracaecum sp. Host: Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville) Site in host: stomach, upper intestine Locality: Bahía San Sebastián (53°17'S, 68°28'W), Tierra del Fuego province References: present study Notes: About 800 adult specimens of Contracaecum sp. were collected. Host: Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus). Site in host: not known, worms found in scats Locality: Elizalde Island (54°41'S, 64°16'W), Staten Island, Tierra del Fuego References: present study Notes: Thirteen adult specimens of Contracaecum sp. were collected in 5 fresh scats from southern elephant seals collected in Elizalde Island (Fig. 1) in August 2013 by one co-author (M.N.P.V.). Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 311, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696