title: Description of Uncinaria lyonsi n. sp. (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) from the California sea lion Zalophus californianus Lesson (Carnivora: Otariidae).
abstract: A new species of hookworm, Uncinaria lyonsi n. sp., is described based on morphological studies of the nematodes collected by Dr. E. T. Lyons from the California sea lion Zalophus californianus (Lesson) on San Miguel Island, California, USA. The new species is morphologically similar to three other species of the genus Uncinaria Frölich, 1789 parasitising pinnipeds, U. lucasi Stiles, 1901, U. hamiltoni Baylis, 1933 and U. sanguinis Marcus, Higgins, Šlapeta & Gray, 2014, in the body dimensions, the structure of the buccal capsule, the shape and structure of the male caudal bursa and female genital system. Uncinaria lyonsi n. sp. is differentiated from U. lucasi by having longer spicules and gubernaculum, larger buccal capsule and more slender oesophagus. The new species differs from U. hamiltoni and U. sanguinis in having shorter spicules and narrower buccal capsule. The latter two species also occur in the Southern Hemisphere and are geographically separated from U. lyonsi n. sp. The present study confirms the existence of a host-specific species of Uncinaria in the California sea lion, previously revealed by molecular and biological investigations.
authors: Department of Parasitology, I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, 15 Bogdana Khmelnytskogo vul., Kiev, 01601, Ukraine, takuzmina@gmail.com.
authors: Tetiana A
authors: TA
authors: Kuzmina
authors: Yuriy
authors: Y
authors: Kuzmin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D058507:Host Specificity; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D046070:Sea Lions / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity
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