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Further studies on Contracaecum spasskii Mozgovoi, 1950 and C. rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (sensu lato) (Ascaridida: Anisakidae) from piscivorous birds in China

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Contracaecum spasskii Mozgovoi, 1950, collected from the great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus) (Podicipediformes: Podicipedidae), is redescribed using both light and, for the first time, scanning electron microscopy. Contracaecum spasskii differs from its congeners by having marked transverse cuticular annulations, the length of the oesophagus and spicules, the ratio between the intestinal caecum and the ventricular appendix, the number and arrangement of male caudal papillae, and especially by the particular morphology of the lips and interlabia. Some previously unreported morphological features of C. spasskii are also revealed and others corrected. Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (sensu lato) is also redescribed based on the specimens collected from the great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach) (Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae) from China. Based on the geographical perspective, the present Chinese material may represent the species C. rudolphii B.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Dr David I. Gibson (Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, UK) for providing important information on the current taxonomic status of Contracaecum spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809). Our sincere thanks are also due to Dr Stefano D’Amelio (Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and Professor Sreekumar Chirukandoth (Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India) for providing important literature. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31101615), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2012M520593), the Natural Science Foundation (No. C2012205007) and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Hebei Province, the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Education Department (Y2012012), and the Natural Science Foundation and the Postdoctoral Programme of Hebei Normal University (Nos. L2010B13, 111008).

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Li, L., Xu, Z. & Zhang, LP. Further studies on Contracaecum spasskii Mozgovoi, 1950 and C. rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (sensu lato) (Ascaridida: Anisakidae) from piscivorous birds in China. Syst Parasitol 84, 225–236 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9399-y

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