Contracaecum osculatum ( Rudolphi, 1802 )

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, Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 301-334 : 318

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6121113
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scientific name	Contracaecum osculatum ( Rudolphi, 1802 )
status	s.l.

Treatment

Contracaecum osculatum ( Rudolphi, 1802) s.l.

Host: Otaria flavescens (Shaw)

Site in host: stomach

Locality: Argentina

References: Carrara (1952)

Notes: Carrara (1952) identified these nematodes as C. osculatum . However, since C. osculatum s.s. parasitize seals from the North Hemisphere (see Mattiucci and Nascetti 2008) we re-assigned this taxa as C. osculatum s.l.

References

Carrara, I. S. (1952) Lobos marinos, pinguinos y guaneras de la costa del litoral maritimo e islas adyacentes de la Republica Argentina. Publicacion Especial de la, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de La Plata, 180 pp.

Rudolphi, C. A. (1802) Fortsetzung der beobachtungen uber die Eingeweidewurmer. Archiv fur Zoologie und Zootomie, 2, 1 - 67.