Contracaecum
- Dataset
- A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Nematoda
- class
- Secernentea
- order
- Ascaridida
- family
- Anisakidae
- genus
- Contracaecum
Contracaecum
Contracaecum sp.
Host: Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville)
Site in host: stomach, upper intestine
Locality: Bahía San Sebastián (53°17'S, 68°28'W), Tierra del Fuego province
References: present study
Notes: About 800 adult specimens of Contracaecum sp. were collected.
Host: Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus).
Site in host: not known, worms found in scats
Locality: Elizalde Island (54°41'S, 64°16'W), Staten Island, Tierra del Fuego
References: present study
Notes: Thirteen adult specimens of Contracaecum sp. were collected in 5 fresh scats from southern elephant seals collected in Elizalde Island (Fig. 1) in August 2013 by one co-author (M.N.P.V.).