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Pseudoterranova

Description

Pseudoterranova sp.

Host: Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus)

Site in host: not known, worms found in scats Developmental stage: L4

Locality: Elizalde Island (54°41’S, 64°16’W), Staten Island, Tierra del Fuego province References: present study

Notes: Twenty-nine L4 of Pseudoterranova sp. were collected in 5 scats. Host: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu)

Site in host: duodenal ampoule, forestomach, main stomach Developmental stage: L3, L4

Locality: Playa Unión (43°24'S, 65°03'W), Chubut province References: Sánchez et al. (2002)

Notes

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 317, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696

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Biodiversity

Family
Ascarididae
Genus
Pseudoterranova
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ascaridida
Phylum
Nematoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Sanchez, J., Kuba, L., Beron-Vera, B., Dans, S. L., Crespo, E. A., Van Bressem, M. F., Coscarella, M. A., Garcia, N. A., Koen Alonso, M., Pedraza, S. N. & Mariotti, P. A. (2002) Uterine adenocarcinoma with generalised metastasis in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 48, 155 - 159. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3354 / dao 048155