| characterisation of the mitochondrial genome of parafilaroides normani (lungworm) of arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (australian fur seal). | parafilaroides normani is a metastrongyloid nematode of clinical relevance in some species of pinnipeds. the taxonomy, biology and epidemiology of this and related species are not well understood. mitochondrial (mt) dna can provide markers for studies in these areas, but genetic data are scant. here, we characterised the mt genome of p. normani. adults of this nematode were collected from arctocephalus pusillus doriferus from phillip island, victoria, australia, and genomic dna was extracted fro ... | 2014 | 24924434 |
| a new species of parafilaroides (nematoda: filaroididae) in three species of fur seals (carnivora: otariidae) from the southern hemisphere. | blocks of frozen lungs of 2 australian fur seals (arctocephalus pusillus doriferus wood jones, 1925), 2 new zealand fur seals (a. forsteri [lesson, 1828]), and 1 sub-antarctic fur seal (a. tropicalis [gray, 1872]) from 3 different locations (australia, new zealand, and south africa, respectively) were examined and found to contain lung parasites. this represents the first thorough description and identification of a new species, parafilaroides normani, from an eared seal (otariidae) in the south ... | 2009 | 18652523 |