Halocercus pingi
| Halocercus pingi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Pseudaliidae |
| Genus: | Halocercus |
| Species: | H. pingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Halocercus pingi Wu, 1929 | |
Halocercus pingi is a species of metastrongyloid lungworm nematode that parasitizes the respiratory tract of cetaceans.[1][2] It causes lethal pneumonia in young Indo-Pacific finless porpoise.[3]
Morphology
[edit]Halocerus pingi is a large, thread-like nematode with mostly smooth cuticles featuring fine annulations on anterior and posterior ends. It has 6 inconspicuous head papillae, a circular mouth, extremely short muscular esophagus, and two very long esophageal glands 5-7 times the esophagus length. Males possess a disc-like copulatory bursa with equal spicules. Females are viviparous.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Wu, Hsien Wen (1929). "On Halocercus pingi n. sp. a Lung-Worm from the Porpoise, Neomeris phocoenoides". The Journal of Parasitology. 15 (4): 276–279. doi:10.2307/3271983. ISSN 0022-3395.
- ↑ "中国动物主题数据库". www.zoology.csdb.cn. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Parsons, E. C. M.; Overstreet, R. M.; Jefferson, T. A. (2001). "Parasites from Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) stranded in Hong Kong". Veterinary Record. 148 (25): 776–780. doi:10.1136/vr.148.25.776. ISSN 2042-7670.
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