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Occurrence of Stenurus globicephalae (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) in the blowhole of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Tasmania, Australia
Shamsi, S.; Moravec, F.; Barton, D.P. (2024). Occurrence of Stenurus globicephalae (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) in the blowhole of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Tasmania, Australia. Dis. Aquat. Org. 158: 115-122. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03791
In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Inter Research: Oldendorf/Luhe. ISSN 0177-5103; e-ISSN 1616-1580, more
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Keywords
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Interspecific relationships > Parasitism
    Cetacea [WoRMS]; Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 [WoRMS]; Nematoda [WoRMS]; Stenurus globicephalae Baylis & Daubney, 1925 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Pilot whale

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  • Shamsi, S., more
  • Moravec, F.
  • Barton, D.P.

Abstract
    Information about parasites of cetaceans in Australia is scarce and mostly opportunistic. The morphology of specimens of the metastrongyloid Stenurus globicephalae Baylis & Daubney, 1925 (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae), collected from the blowhole of a pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (Cetacea: Delphinidae) off northern Tasmania, Australia, were studied. Light and scanning electron microscopical examinations enabled a detailed redescription of this nematode species, including corrections of some inaccuracies in previous species descriptions, particularly those concerning cephalic and caudal structures. The presence of numerous ventrolateral oblique muscle bands, characteristic of the males of S. globicephalae, is reported for the first time. This is the second finding of this nematode parasite, in a different host species, in Tasmania.

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