Species Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ascaris osculata Rudolphi, C.A. 1802. Fortsetzung der Beobachtungen über die Eingewiedewürmer. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie 2: 1-67 [14].
• Contracaecum antarctica 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 [16].
• Contracaecum gypsophocae Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1941. Nematodes from Australian marine mammals. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6(4): 429-434 [430].
• Phocascaris hydrurgae Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1941. Nematodes from Australian marine mammals. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6(4): 429-434 [432].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41272 Vial, Port Adelaide, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) [PHOCIDAE]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1945. Parasitic nematodes. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 5B(2): 73-160

Generic Combinations

• Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802). —
  Baylis, H.A. 1920. On the classification of the Ascaridae. 1. The systematic value of certain characters of the alimentary canal. Parasitology 12: 253-264 [262]

Introduction

Australian populations belong to C. osculatum D or E (see Shamsi 2014).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Antarctic Blenny; Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus Jones, 1925 [OTARIIDAE] Australian Fur-seal (as Gypsophoca tasmanica); Neophoca cinerea (Péron, 1816) [OTARIIDAE] Australian Sea-lion; Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842) [PHOCIDAE] Crab-eater Seal; Trematomus newnesi Boulenger, 1902 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Dusky Rockcod; Trematomus bernacchii Boulenger, 1902 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Emerald Rockcod; Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) [PHOCIDAE] Leopard Seal; Cryodraco antarcticus Dollo, 1900 [CHANNICHTHYIDAE] Long-fingered Icefish; Harpagifer bispinis (Forster, 1801) [HARPAGIFERIDAE] Magellan Plunderfish; Notothenia rossii Richardson, 1844 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Marbled Rockcod; Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916 [BATHYDRACONIDAE] Mawson's Dragonfish; Pogonophryne scotti Regan, 1914 [ARTEDIDRACONIDAE] Saddleback Plunderfish; Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) [PHOCIDAE] Southern Elephant Seal; Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914 [CHANNICHTHYIDAE] Spiny Icefish; Trematomus nicolai [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Racovitzia harrissoni [BATHYDRACONIDAE]; Dacodraco humeri [CHANNICHTHYIDAE]; Pagetopsis macropterus Boulenger, 1907 [CHANNICHTHYIDAE]; Trematomus hansoni [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Nematonurus armatus; Artedidraco shackletoni Waite, 1911 [ARTEDIDRACONIDAE]; Dolloidraco longedorsalis Roule, 1913 [ARTEDIDRACONIDAE]; Notothenia cyanobrancha [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Notothenia mizops [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Pleuragramma antarticum [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Trematomus centronotus [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Histiodraco velifer Regan, 1914 [ARTEDIDRACONIDAE]; Notothenia acuta [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Notothenia corriceps [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Trematomus eulepidotus Regan, 1914 [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Trematomus pennelli [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Trematomus scotti [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Bathydraco nudiceps Waite, 1916 [BATHYDRACONIDAE]; Gerlachea australis Dollo, 1900 [BATHYDRACONIDAE]; Prionodraco evansii Regan, 1914 [BATHYDRACONIDAE]; Chiondraco kathleenae; Artedidraco skottsbergi Lönnberg, 1905 [ARTEDIDRACONIDAE]; Trematomus lepidorhinus [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Trematomus loennbergii [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Chaenichthys rhinoceratus; Leptonychotes weddellii [PHOCIDAE]; Otaria forsteri [OTARIIDAE]).

General References

Shamsi, S. 2014. Recent advances in our knowledge of Australian anisakid nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3: 178-187

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