Corynosoma hamanni

Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 301-334 : 306

Corynosoma hamanni (von Linstow, 1892)

Host: Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville)

Site in host: intestine, stomach

Locality: Bahía San Sebastián (53°17'S, 68°28'W), Tierra del Fuego province; Patagonia

Specimens in collections: CNHE (9297)V

References: Aznar et al. (2006) and present study

Notes: A male leopard seal H. leptonyx (body length 2.10 m) was found stranded on Bahía de San Sebastián in October 2013 ( Fig. 1 ). Thirty-five adults of C. hamanni were collected attached to the stomach wall.

Host: Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson)

Site in host: intestine

Locality: Tierra del Fuego province; Patagonia

References: Aznar et al. (2006)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Argentina (shadowed area) showing the provinces and geographical area where species of marine mammals have been collected. The filled circles indicate the collection sites (black circles) in the present study: (1) San Sebastian Bay; and (2) Elizalde Island, Staten Island (see Parasite- Host List).