Species Anisakis diomedeae (Linstow, 1888)

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Regional Maps

• Ascaris diomedeae Linstow, O.F.B. von 1888. Report on the Entozoa collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873–1876. pp. 1-18 in Wyville Thomson, C. (ed.). Reports of the Scientific Results of the Challenger Expedition, Zoology. London : Her Majesty's Stationary Office Vol. 23. [6].

Generic Combinations

• Contracaecum diomedeae (Linstow, 1888). —
  Johnston, T.H. 1938. Report on the parasitic nematodes of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 10(5): 1-31 [15]
• Anisakis diomedeae (Linstow, 1888). —
  Baylis, H.A. 1923. Report on a collection of parasitic nematodes mainly from Egypt. Part 1. Ascaridae & Heterakidae. Parasitology 15(1): 1-13 [10]

Introduction

Presence of this species in Australian waters is doubtful.

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Antarctic Prion; Diomedea melanophrys Temminck, 1828 [DIOMEDEIDAE] Black-browed Albatross; Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Cape Petrel; Diomedea chrysostoma J.R. Forster, 1785 [DIOMEDEIDAE] Grey-headed Albatross; Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841 [DIOMEDEIDAE] Shy Albatross; Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Southern Giant-petrel; Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 [DIOMEDEIDAE] Tristan Albatross).

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