Ascarophis sebastodis Olsen 1952
Creators
Description
Ascarophis sebastodis Olsen, 1952
Description (after Ko 1986). With characteristics of the genus.
Males: 5.1 (3.7–6.4) long, 0.026 (0.020–0.030) wide at nerve ring. Buccal cavity 0.080 (0.070–0.100),
muscular oesophagus 0.282 (0.220–0.377) and glandular oesophagus 2.5 (1.7–2.5) long. Nerve ring 0.117 (0.090–
0.144) from anterior end (Fig. 56 A). Four pairs pre-cloacal and six pairs post-cloacal papillae. Left spicule 0.135
and right spicule 0.047 (0.036–0.053) long. Tail 0.065 (0.053–0.074) long.
Females: 8.7 (7.1–9.4) long, 0.028 (0.022–0.030) at nerve ring. Buccal cavity 0.086 (0.080–0.090), muscular
oesophagus 0.374 (0.310–0.410) and glandular oesophagus 2.5 (1.8–2.9) long. Nerve ring 0.136 (0.115–0.144)
from anterior end. Vulva 2.2 from posterior end. Tail 0.055 (0.041–0.070) long, ending in small knob (Fig. 56 B).
Eggs 0.037 (0.036–0.038) x 0.023 (0.019–0.024) with polar plug bearing two filaments (Fig. 56 C). [For comments on A. sebastodis see below]
Site: intestinal lumen
Hosts: Anoplarchus purpurescens (1); Artedius harringtoni (1); Aulorhynchus flavidus (1); Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (1); Hexagrammos lagocephalus (1); Microstomus pacificus (3); Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (1); Nautichthys oculofasciatus (1); Oncorhynchus kisutch (1, 4); Oncorhynchus nerka (1); Parophrys vetulus (3); Rhamphocottus richardsonii (1); Sebastes alutus (2); Sebastes borealis (2); Sebastes caurinus (1, 2, 4); Sebastes diploproa (2); Sebastes variegatus (1, 2); Sebastes flavidus (2); Sebastes maliger (2); Sebastes nebulosus (5); Sebastes proriger (2); Sebastes ruberrimus (2); Sebastes variegatus (2); Sebastes zacentrus (2)
Distribution: Pacific
Records: 1. Arai 1969; 2. Sekerak & Arai 1977; 3. Kabata & Whitaker 1984; 4. Ko 1986; 5. Holmes 1990
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Spiruridae
- Genus
- Ascarophis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Spirurida
- Phylum
- Nematoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Olsen
- Species
- sebastodis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ascarophis sebastodis Olsen, 1952 sec. Arai & Smith, 2016
References
- Ko, R. C. (1986) A preliminary review of the genus Ascarophis van Beneden, 1871 (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) of the gastrointestinal tract of fishes. Department of Zoology, University of Hong Kong, Occasional Publications, 54 pp.
- Arai, H. P. (1969) Preliminary report on the parasites of certain marine fishes of British Columbia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 26, 2319 - 2337. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / f 69 - 226
- Sekerak, A. D. & Arai, H. P. (1977) Some metazoan parasites of rockfishes of the genus Sebastes from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Syesis, 10, 139 - 144.
- Kabata, Z. & Whitaker, D. J. (1984) Results of three investigations of the parasite fauna of several marine fishes of British Columbia. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, No. 1303, 19 pp.
- Holmes, J. C. (1990) Helminth communities in marine fishes. In: Esch, G., Bush, A. O. & Aho, J. (Eds.), Parasite Communities: Patterns and Processes. Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 101 - 130. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 009 - 0837 - 6 _ 5