Contracaecum eudyptes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ascaridida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Spirurina Infraordo: Ascaridomorpha

Familia: Anisakidae
Genus: Contracaecum
Species: Contracaecum eudyptes

Name

• Contracaecum eudyptes Johnston & Mawson, 1953
  • 'From the penguins, Eudyptes cristatus (type host), Coll. A 1, and Megadyptes antipoda, Coll. A 128, both from Auckland Islands'

Primary references

• Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1953. Parasitic nematodes and trematodes from Campbell and Auckland Islands (Cape Expedition). Records of the Dominion Museum 2(2): 63–71. Full article on BUGZ (PDF) Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 67, and figs. 6-7]

References

• Santos, C.P. 1984: Um nematodeo parasito do pinguim Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster) (Ascaridoidea, Anisakidae) [A nematode parasite of the penguin Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster) (Ascaroidea, Anisakidae).] Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 79(2): 233–237. DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761984000200010