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; Hydrurga leptonyx; Mirounga leonina; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6121097; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C20BA6EFFF4FFC5DBDBFF5EFD68803F

Contracaecum sp. Host: Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann) Site in host: intestine Developmental stage: L3 Locality: northern Patagonia (40º43'– 43º20'S, 63º04'– 65º07'W) Specimens in collections: BMNH (2012.5.15.125–139)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V References: Hernández-Orts et al. (2013b) Host: Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville) Site in host: stomach, upper intestine Developmental stage: L3, L4 Locality: Bahía San Sebastián (53°17'S, 68°28'W), Tierra del Fuego province References: present study Notes: Approximately 1,200 larvae of Contracaecum sp. were collected. Host: Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus) Site in host: scats Developmental stage: L3 Locality: Elizalde Island (54°41’S, 64°16’W), Staten Island, Tierra del Fuego References: present study Notes: Twenty-one L3 of Contracaecum sp. were collected in 5 scats. Host: Otaria flavescens (Shaw) Site in host: intestine Developmental stage: L3 Locality: northern Patagonia (40º43'– 43º20'S, 63º04'– 65º07'W) Specimens in collections: BMNH (2012.5.15.25–34)V References: Hernández-Orts et al. (2013b) 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 316, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696