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Phocascaris

Description

* Phocascaris sp.

Description: see that for * Contracaecum osculatum above.

Sites: alimentary tract, musculature, viscera

Hosts: Gadus morhua (3, 4, 5); Hippoglossoides platessoides (4); Mallotus villosus (4); Myoxocephalus scorpius (4); Pseudopleuronectes americanus (4); Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (2); Tautogolabrus adspersus (1)

Distribution: Atlantic

Records: 1. Sekhar S. [sic] & Threlfall 1970; 2. Reimer 1981; 3. Marcogliese & Boily 1994; 4. Brattey 1995; 5. Lee & Khan 2000

Notes

Published as part of Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, pp. 1-274 in Zootaxa 4185 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165530

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Anisakidae
Genus
Phocascaris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spirurida
Phylum
Nematoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Reimer, L. W. (1981) Parasiten aus Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum), dem schwarzenHeilbutt aus dem Nord-Atlantik. In: Wissenschaftliche Konferenz zu Fragen der Physiologie, Biologie und Parasitologie von Nutzfischen: p. 121 - 123. Vol 3, bis 6, September 1980 in Rostok, 183 pp.
  • Marcogliese, D. J. & Boily, F. (1994) Changes in abundances of anisakid nematodes in Atlantic cod and grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Program and Abstracts. 69 th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, 09 - 13 August 1994, Fort Collins, Colorado, p. 61.
  • Brattey, J. (1995) Identification of larval Contracaecum osculatum s. l. and Phocascaris sp. (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) from marine fishes by allozyme electrophoresis and discriminant function analysis of morphometric data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 52 (Suppl. 1), 116 - 128. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / f 95 - 517
  • Lee, E. M. & Khan, R. A. (2000) Length-weight-age relationships, food, and parasites of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off coastal Labrador within NAFO divisions 2 H and 2 J- 3 K. Fisheries Research, 45, 65 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / s 0165 - 7836 (99) 00101 - 0