WoRMS taxon details

Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) Baylis, 1920

122907  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122907)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomy Many records include C. osculatum A auct.; C. osculatum B auct.; and C. osculatum C auct.  
Taxonomy Many records include C. osculatum A auct.; C. osculatum B auct.; and C. osculatum C auct. [details]

Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Magdalen Islands (From the eastern Bradelle valley to the west , as far as Cape...  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Magdalen Islands (From the eastern Bradelle valley to the west , as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL) [details]
Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) Baylis, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122907 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2017-05-29 10:48:36Z
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2022-06-13 19:50:51Z
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basis of record Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 174-176. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Brandão, M.; Moreira, J.; Luque, J. (2014). Checklist of Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Arthropoda parasitizing penguins of the world. <em>Check List.</em> 10(3): 562-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.562 [details]   

additional source Lehnert, K.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 93(06): 649-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x19000361 [details]   

additional source Gordeev, I. I.; Sokolov, S. G. (2023). Helminths of epipelagic fish in the western Bering Sea and southern Sea of Okhotsk. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 140-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.02
note: Sensu lato [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

redescription Arai, H. P.; Smith, J. W. (2016). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4185(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1 [details]   

redescription Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. <em>Academia, Prague.</em> 601 pp.
note: Larva [details]   

redescription Baylis, H. A. (1937). On the ascarids parasitic in seals, with special reference to the genus Contracaecum. <em>Parasitology.</em> 29(01): 121., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000026251 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type (of Contracaecum antarcticum Johnston, 1937) whereabout unknown [details]
Unknown type (of Contracaecum gypsophocae Johnston & Mawson, 1941) WHEREABOUT UNKNOWN) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Many records include C. osculatum A auct.; C. osculatum B auct.; and C. osculatum C auct. [details]

From other sources
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Magdalen Islands (From the eastern Bradelle valley to the west , as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL) [details]

Habitat endoparasite found in Gadus morhua and Phoca groenlandica [details]