Morphological identification of Skrjabinisakis Mozgovoi, 1951 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Kogia sima (Cetacea: Kogiidae) from Brazilian waters
da Silva Pinheiro, R.H.; Bezerra, A.M. (2023). Morphological identification of Skrjabinisakis Mozgovoi, 1951 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Kogia sima (Cetacea: Kogiidae) from Brazilian waters. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria 32(4): e013423. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612023064
In: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria. Brazilian College of Veterinary Parasitology: Sao Paulo. ISSN 0103-846X; e-ISSN 1984-2961, more
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| Keywords |
Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) [WoRMS]; Nematoda [WoRMS]; Skrjabinisakis Mozgovoi, 1951 [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal |
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Nematode; parasite; dwarf sperm whale; Amazon estuary |
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- da Silva Pinheiro, R.H.
- Bezerra, A.M.
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| Abstract |
New morphological, morphometric and scanning electron microscopy data of a nematode of the family Anisakidae, recovered from a specimen of Kogia sima, a cetacean that died off the northern coast of Brazil, are presented in this paper. Morphological features such as the violin-shaped ventricle and short and equal spicules, as well as the distribution of post-cloacal papillae and specificity for the definitive host (Kogiidae cetaceans) demonstrate similarity to Skrjabinisakis paggiae. This research records Kogia sima and S. paggiae on the estuarine coast of Pará, northern Brazil. |
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