Contracaecum ogmorhini Johnston et Mawson, 1941 (Nematoda: Anisakidae), parasite of Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783)off the Argentinean coasts

TIMI, J.T.; SARDELLA, N.H.; MATTIUCCI, S.

Helminthologia

Slovak Academy of Sciences

Lugar: Kosice; Año: 2003 vol. 40 p. 27 - 31

In the present paper the occurrence of C. ogmorhini Johnston et Mawson, 1941 sensu stricto from the South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) of Argentinean waters, is reported. The synonymy between Contracaecum corderoi Lent et Freitas, 1948, a parasite described from A. australis from Uruguay, and C. ogmorhini Johnston et Mawson, 1941, parasitic on several pinniped species from different regions of the world, suggested by Campana-Rouget and Paulian (1960), is discussed. Morphological and biometrical studies on specimens from A. australis and comparisons with C. corderoi and C. ogmorhini s. l. allowed to consider the specimens collected as far as known, to the morphospecies C. ogmorhini. Contracaecum corderoi should be therefore regarded as a junior synonym of C. ogmorhini.