Five Cape fur seals, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, 1 dusky kob, Argyrosomus coronus, and 55 silver kob, A. inodorus, collected from Cape Cross, Henties Bay, and Skeleton Coast Park, Namibia, were examined for acanthocephalans. Adults of Bolbosoma vasculosum and Corynosoma australe were recovered from 5 Cape fur seals, and cystacanths of C. australe from the single dusky kob and 3 of the silver kobs that were examined. This is the first record of B. vasculosum and the second of C. australe from the Namibian coast. Scanning electron microscopy of specimens of C. australe revealed features such as bursal papillae and micropores both on the proboscis hook surfaces and across the epidermal surface of the trunk. X-ray analyses of gallium cut hook, egg, and spines of C. australe are presented with analyses of spines of Corynosoma strumosum for comparison.
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28 December 2020
Corynosoma australe and Bolbosoma vasculosum (Polymorphidae: Acanthocephala) from Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Otariidae) and Argyrosomus spp. (Sciaenidae) from the Namibian Coast of Africa
Ali Halajian,
Lesley Smales,
Richard Heckmann,
Annette M. Amakali,
Martin Tjipute,
Margit R. Wilhelm,
Wilmien J. Luus-Powell
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 87 • No. 1
January 2020
Vol. 87 • No. 1
January 2020
Acanthocephala
Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
Argyrosomus coronus
Argyrosomus inodorus
Bolbosoma
Cape fur seal
Corynosoma