Halocercus

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Metastongyloidea

        Pseudaliidae

Halocercinae

       
Halocercus Baylis & Daubney, 1925

Type species of the genus: Halocercus delphini Baylis & Daubney, 1925

Synonyms:

Skrjabinalius Delyamure, 1942
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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

The taxonomy of pseudaliids is mostly based on differences in the morphology of the male bursa,Species of the subfamily Halocercinae haveng greatly reduced bursae with fused ventral rays which are more prominent than their lateral rays.

More recent analyses with a wider range of species, suggest that the bursal morphology can be quite variable in terms of being lobed or smooth within species (Pool et al., 2020).

 

 


Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

  Lungworms of Cetaceans; infect lungs and sinuses.

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References:

 Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin

Dougherty, E. C. 1944.. The lungworms (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) of the Odontoceti. Part I. Parasitology, 36, 80–94

Pool, R., Fernandez, M., Chandradeva, N., Raga, J.A., Aznar, F.J. 2020. The taxonomic status of Skrjabinalius guevarai Gallego & Selva, 1979 (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) and the synonymy of Skrjabinalius Delyamure, 1942 and Halocercus Baylis & Daubney, 1925. Syst. Parasitol 97:389-401.

 

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