Journal article
Morphometric and molecular characterization of the species of Uncinaria Frolich, 1789 (Nematoda) parasitic in the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber), with notes on hookworms in three other pinniped hosts
Paul Ramos, Michael Lynch, Min Hu, John PY Arnould, Richard Norman, Ian Beveridge
SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY | SPRINGER | Published : 2013
Abstract
This study presents morphological and molecular data on hookworms from the Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber) currently identified in Australian waters as Uncinaria hamiltoni Baylis, 1933. Additional specimens from the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea (Péron) and the New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson) from Australia, and the Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus) from Antarctica, were included. Using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), hookworms from A. p. doriferus, N. cinerea and A. forsteri were found to be genetically similar but distinct from Uncinaria spp. found in M. leonina from Antarctica, as well as from Zalophus cal..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We wish to thank Roger Kirkwood, Tony Mitchell, Andrew Hoskins and Parks Victoria for logistical support and assistance in sample collection; Garry Anderson for statistical analysis; Robin Gasser and Matthew Nolan for molecular input; Angela Kapparis for editing assistance; Zoos Victoria, the University of Melbourne Department of Veterinary Science and the Melbourne Zoo veterinary department for logistical and financial support.