Name - Phocascaris

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:97165 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Phocascaris Host 1932

• Phocascaris Host

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Recent Publications

• Host specificity and abundance of parasitic nematodes (Ascaridoidea) from the stomachs of five phocid species from Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Identification of larval Contracaecum osculatum s.l. and Phocascaris sp. (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) from marine fishes by allozyme electrophoresis and discriminant function analysis of morphometric data.
• Distribution and abundance of stomach nematodes (Anisakidae) among grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• Phylogenetic relationships among species of Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 and Phocascaris Host, 1932 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) based on nuclear rDNA sequence data.
• Genetic relationships among species of Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 and Phocascaris Host, 1932 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from pinnipeds inferred from mitochondrial cox2 sequences, and congruence with allozyme data.

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