Species Anisakis berlandi Mattiucci, Cipriani, Webb, Paoletti, Marcer, Bellisario, Gibson & Nascetti, 2014

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• Anisakis berlandi Mattiucci, S., Cipriani, P., Webb, S.C., Paoletti, M., Marcer, F., Bellisario, B., Gibson, D.I. & Nascetti, G. 2014. Genetic and morphological approaches distinguish the three sibling species of the Anisakis simplex species complex, with a species designation as Anisakis berlandi n. sp. for A. simplex sp. C (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Journal of Parasitology 100(2): 199–214 [206].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH NHMUK 2013.6.10.1 ♂ ("mtDNA cox2 sequence of the same specimen is deposited in GenBank with the following accession numbers: DQ116429 for the mtDNA cox2, JX535519 for ITS rDNA, and JX500049 for the rrnS"), Southern Pacific Ocean (off the New Zealand coast).
  Paratype(s) BMNH NHMUK 2013.6.10.2–4 1♂, 2♀, host and locality data as for holotype.

  Type host:

   Globicephala melas Traill [DELPHINIDAE]

Introduction

Referred to by Mattuci et al. (1997) and Shamsi et al. (2012) as Anisakis simplex sp. C.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New South Wales: Specific locality unknown. See Hossen et al. (2023).

Victoria: Baxter's Beach, Wonthaggi, Gippsland. See Shamsi et al. (2019).

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) [KOGIIDAE] Pygmy sperm whale; Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832 [SCOMBRIDAE] Blue mackerel; Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) [DELPHINIDAE] False Killer Whale (in stomach); Globicephala melas (TraillI, 1809) [DELPHINIDAE] Long-finned Pilot Whale (in stomach; definitive host)).

Associated Fauna References

Hossen, M.S., Suthar, J., Wassens, S. & Shamsi, S. 2023. Occurrence and molecular identification of nematodes from blue mackerel Scomber australasicus Cuvier in Australian waters. Parasitology International 92(102664): 1–12 (Scomber australasicus)

Mattiucci, S., Cipriani, P., Webb, S.C., Paoletti, M., Marcer, F., Bellisario, B., Gibson, D.I. & Nascetti, G. 2014. Genetic and morphological approaches distinguish the three sibling species of the Anisakis simplex species complex, with a species designation as Anisakis berlandi n. sp. for A. simplex sp. C (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Journal of Parasitology 100(2): 199–214 (Pseudorca crassidens)

Shamsi, S., Spröhnle-Barrera, C. & Hossen, M.S. 2019. Occurrence of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in a pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae) in Australian waters. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 134: 65–74 (Kogia breviceps)

General References

Mattiucci, S., Nascetti, G., Cianchi, R., Paggi, L., Arduino, P., Margolis, L., Brattey, J., Webb, S.C., D'Amelio, S., Orecchia, P. et al. 1997. Genetic and ecological data on the Anisakis simplex Complex, with evidence for a new species (Nematoda, Ascaridoidea, Anisakidae). Journal of Parasitology 83: 401–416

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