An SEM study of Phocascaris cystophorae Berland, 1964 (Nematoda: Anisakidae), a parasite of the hooded seal Cystophora cristata.
Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the surface morphological characteristics (excretory pore, interlabia knobs, lips and adjacent structures, caudal papillae and papilla-like structures) of the nematode Phocascaris cystophorae, a parasite from the stomach of the hooded seal Cystophora cristata. A comparative morphological analysis was made between species of Phocascaris and Contracaecum osculatum (sensu lato), which are all parasitic in phocid seals.
Abollo
Elvira
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Area de Parasitología, Grupo PB2, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo, 36200 Vigo, Spain.
Pascual
Santiago
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D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000469:parasitology*