Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Synthesium

Description

Synthesium sp.

Host: Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède)

Site in host: stomach

Locality: Tierra del Fuego province; central Patagonia and San Jorge Gulf (45º–47ºS)

References: Berón-Vera et al. (2001) and Lunaschi and Drago (2007)

Host: Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard)

Site in host: intestine

Locality: Playa Unión (43º20'S, 65º00'W), Rawson, and Playa Paraná (42º49'S, 64º53'W), Puerto Madryn, Chubut province

References: Fernández et al. (2003, reported as Hadwenius sp. 1 and Hadwenius sp. 2) and Lunaschi and Drago (2007)

Host: Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray)

Site in host: intestine, stomach

Locality: Patagonia

References: Dans et al. (1999) and Lunaschi and Drago (2007)

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Campulidae
Genus
Synthesium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diplostomida
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Beron-Vera, B., Pedraza, S. N., Raga, J. A., Gil de Pertierra, A., Crespo, E. A., Koen Alonso, M. & Goodall, R. N. P. (2001) Gastrointestinal helminths of Commerson's dolphins Cephalorhynchus commersonii from central Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 47, 201 - 208. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3354 / dao 047201
  • Lunaschi, L. & Drago, F. (2007) Checklist of digenean parasites of wild mammals from Argentina. Zootaxa, 1580, 35 - 50.
  • Fernandez, M., Beron-Vera, B., Garcia, N. A., Raga, J. A. & Crespo, E. A. (2003) Food and parasites from two Hourglass dolphins, Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824), from Patagonia waters. Marine Mammal Science, 19, 832 - 836. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1748 - 7692.2003. tb 01133. x
  • Dans, S. L., Reyes, L. M., Pedraza, S. N., Raga, J. A. & Crespo, E. A. (1999) Gastrointestinal helminths of the dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, off Patagonia coasts, in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Mammal Science, 15, 649 - 660. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1748 - 7692.1999. tb 00834. x