Halocercus

Halocercus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Pseudaliidae
Genus: Halocercus
Baylis & Daubney, 1925

Halocercus Baylis & Daubney, 1925 is a genus of metastrongyloid lungworms (family Pseudaliidae, subfamily Halocercinae) that parasitize the respiratory tract of cetaceans.[1] Halocercus is found worldwide.[2] Halocercus can be differentiated from other genus of the subfamily Halocercinae by their males having an unlobed bursa.[3] The females are ovoviviparous.[4]

Species:[1]

  • Halocercus brasiliensis Almeida, 1933
  • Halocercus cryptocephalus (Delyamure, 1942) Pool, Fernández, Chandradeva, Raga & Aznar, 2020
  • Halocercus dalli Yamaguti, 1951
  • Halocercus delphini Baylis & Daubney, 1925
  • Halocercus hyperoodoni (Gubanov, 1952)
  • Halocercus invaginatus (Quekett, 1841) Dougherty, 1943
  • Halocercus kirbyi Dougherty, 1944
  • Halocercus kleinenbergi Delamure, 1951
  • Halocercus lagenorhynchi Baylis & Daubney, 1925
  • Halocercus monoceris Webster, Neufeld & MacNeil, 1973
  • Halocercus pingi Wu, 1929
  • Halocercus sunameri Yamaguti, 1951
  • Halocercus taurica Delyamure, 1942

References

  1. 1 2 "Halocercus Baylis & Daubney, 1925". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Pool, Rachel; Shiozaki, Akira; Raga, Juan Antonio; Fernández, Mercedes; Aznar, Francisco Javier (April 2023). "Molecular phylogeny of the Pseudaliidae (Nematoda) and the origin of associations between lungworms and marine mammals". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 20: 192–202. doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.03.002. ISSN 2213-2244. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30.
  3. ↑ Pool, Rachel; Fernández, Mercedes; Chandradeva, Nilani; Raga, Juan Antonio; Aznar, Francisco Javier (2020-08-01). "The taxonomic status of Skrjabinalius guevarai Gallego & Selva, 1979 (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) and the synonymy of Skrjabinalius Delyamure, 1942 and Halocercus Baylis & Daubney, 1925". Systematic Parasitology. 97 (4): 389–401. doi:10.1007/s11230-020-09921-9. ISSN 1573-5192.
  4. ↑ Carvalho Demarque, Isis de Oliveira; Rodrigues de Oliveira, Francisco Carlos; da Silveira, Leonardo Serafim; Barbosa, Lupércio Araújo; Ederli, Nicole Brand (2020-03-23). "The Lungworm, Halocercus brasiliensis (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae), from Guiana Dolphins Sotalia guianensis from Brazil with Pathological Findings". Journal of Parasitology. 106 (2): 254. doi:10.1645/19-77. ISSN 0022-3395.