AnimaliaNot EvaluatedacceptedspeciesAccepted
Braunina cordiformis

Braunina cordiformis

Wolf, 1903

GBIF:119601185

0year

ABOUT

Descriptions(1)

Braunina cordiformis Wolf, 1903

Host: Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède)

Site in host: stomach

Locality: Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut province; Tierra del Fuego province; central Patagonia and San Jorge Gulf (45º–47ºS)

References: Gibson and Harris (1979), Greenwood and Taylor (1979), McKenzie and Blair (1983), Berón- Vera et al. (2001) and Lunaschi and Drago (2007)

Host: Delphinus delphis Linnaeus

Site in host: stomach

Locality: northern Patagonia (39º–42ºS, 60º–62ºW)

Specimens in collections: USNPC (99623)V

References: Berón-Vera et al. (2001), Berón-Vera et al. (2007), Lunaschi and Drago (2007) and Fraija- Fernández et al. (2014)

Host: Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray)

Site in host: stomach, intestine

Locality: Patagonia

References: Dans et al. (1999) and Lunaschi and Drago (2007)

Host: Mesoplodon hectori (Gray)

6. Scolex pleuronectis is a collective name encompassing morphologically almost indistinguishable metacestodes of a number of phyllobothriidean species (Chambers et al. 2000).

Site in host: intestine

Locality: Mar del Plata (38º00'S, 57º33'W), Buenos Aires province

References: Cappozzo et al. (2005)

Host: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu)

Site in host: duodenal ampulla, main stomach, pyloric stomach

Locality: Playa Unión (43°24'S, 65°03'W), Chubut province; northern Patagonia (40°30'– 43°30'S, 64°–65°W) and central Patagonia

Specimens in collections: BMNH (2013.11.29.3–8)V

References: Berón-Vera et al. (2001), Sánchez et al. (2002), Lunaschi and Drago (2007) and Romero et al. (2014)

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): 301-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1MagnoliaPress via PlaziNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Export occurrence data

Darwin Core Archive (ZIP)

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

Occurrences with images

Source Information

A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina

checklist

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article 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): 301-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1

Abstract

Based on published records and new data accumulated by the authors, we generated a list of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from off the coast of Argentina. We found 49 reports of helminths parasitizing cetaceans and pinnipeds from Argentina from 1952 to 2015. The list includes 54 taxa of helminths (8 acanthocephalans, 24 nematodes, 11 cestodes and 11 trematodes) associated with 18 species of cetaceans and 5 species of pinnipeds. Most of the records represent adults (5 acanthocephalans, 16 nematodes, 6 cestodes and 11 trematodes), followed by larvae (10 nematodes and 3 metacestodes) and juveniles (4 acanthocephalans and 2 cestodes). The checklist contains 24 named species (5 acanthocephalans, 8 nematodes, 4 cestodes and 7 trematodes) and 30 undetermined helminth taxa (3 acanthocephalans, 16 nematodes, 7 cestodes and 4 trematodes). The present account contains a parasite/host lists and information on the habitat, developmental stage and distribution of the parasites listed, repositories of their type and voucher specimens and references. A host-parasite list is also presented. The data compiled on the helminth of marine mammals from Argentina in the present study revealed gaps in the knowledge of their taxonomic identification, composition, distribution, host specificity and life cycles. These gaps are also briefly discussed in order to provide an outline for future research.

Key words: Acanthocephala, Nematoda, Cestoda, Trematoda, Carnivora, Cetacea, South West Atlantic

Hernández-Orts J S, Viola M N P, García N A, Crespo E A, González R, García-Varela M, Kuchta R, plazi (2015). A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

CC0Published 12/31/2015View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119601185
Dataset Key
6ef214a6-9dea-4e40-9c8c-304e1d5fcc14
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2503647
Taxon ID
3C20BA6EFFEDFFDDDBDBFB29FF2285F1.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026