Contracaecum

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 : 316

Contracaecum sp.

Host: Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann) Site in host: intestine

Developmental stage: L 3

Locality: northern Patagonia (40 º 43 '– 43 º 20 'S, 63 º04'– 65 º07'W) Specimens in collections: BMNH (2012.5.15.125– 139)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V References: Hernández-Orts et al. (2013 b)

Host: Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville)

Site in host: stomach, upper intestine

Developmental stage: L 3, L 4

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: L 3

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

Notes: Twenty-one L 3 of Contracaecum sp. were collected in 5 scats. Host: Otaria flavescens (Shaw)

Site in host: intestine

Developmental stage: L 3

Locality: northern Patagonia (40 º 43 '– 43 º 20 'S, 63 º04'– 65 º07'W) Specimens in collections: BMNH (2012.5.15.25– 34)V References: Hernández-Orts et al. (2013 b)