Anisakis simplex Rudolphi 1809, s.l.
Creators: name: Hernández-Orts, Jesús S.
name: Viola, M. Natalia Paso
name: García, Néstor A.
name: Crespo, Enrique A.
name: González, Raúl
name: García-Varela, Martín
name: Kuchta, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Secernentea
Ascaridida
Anisakidae
Anisakis
Anisakis simplex

description: Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) s.l.
Host: Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède)
Site in host: intestine, stomach
Developmental stage: L3
Locality: Tierra del Fuego province; central Patagonia and San Jorge Gulf (45º–47ºS)
References: Berón-Vera et al. (2001)
Host: Delphinus delphis Linnaeus
Site in host: forestomach, pyloric stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Claromecó (38º52'S, 60º05'W) and Necochea (38º27'S, 58º50'W), Buenos Aires province; northern Patagonia (39º–42ºS, 60º–62ºW)
4. Third-stage larvae (L3) of anisakid nematodes are recently acquired larval forms, which infect marine mammals when they prey on cephalopods and fish (McClelland 2002; Klimpel et al. 2004). In marine mammals, the L3 moult into the fourth-stage larva (L4) and then into adult.
Specimens in collections: BMNH (1993.5201–5205)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V; USNPC (99622)V
References: Aznar et al. (2003) and Berón-Vera et al. (2007)
Host: Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard)
Site in host: stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Playa Unión (43º20'S, 65º00'W), Rawson, and Playa Paraná (42º49'S, 64º53'W), Puerto Madryn, Chubut province
References: Fernández et al. (2003)
Host: Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray)
Site in host: forestomach, intestine, main stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Claromecó (38º52'S, 60º05'W) and Necochea (38º27'S, 58º50'W), Buenos Aires province; Patagonia
Specimens in collections: BMNH (1993.5201–5205)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V
References: Dans et al. (1999) and Aznar et al. (2003)
Host: Otaria flavescens (Shaw)
Site in host: intestine
Developmental stage: L3
Locality: northern Patagonia (40º43'– 43º20'S, 63º04'– 65º07'W)
Specimens in collections: BMNH (2012.5.15.23–24)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V
References: Hernández-Orts et al. (2013b)
Host: Phocoena dioptrica Lahille
Site in host: esophagus, forestomach, main stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Playa Unión and Playa El Doradillo, Chubut province
Specimens in collections: MML (accession numbers not provided)V
References: Berón-Vera et al. (2008)
Host: Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister
Site in host: duodenal ampulla, forestomach, main stomach, pyloric stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Claromecó (38º52'S, 60º05'W) and Necochea (38º27'S, 58º50'W), Buenos Aires province; Punta Bengoa, Chubut province
Specimens in collections: BMNH (1993.5201–5205)V; MML (accession numbers not provided)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V
References: Aznar et al. (2003) and Berón-Vera et al. (2008)
Host: Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny)
Site in host: duodenal ampulla, main stomach, pyloric stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Claromecó (38º52'S, 60º05'W) and Necochea (38º27'S, 58º50'W), Buenos Aires province
Specimens in collections: BMNH (1993.520 1–5205)V
References: Aznar et al. (1994; 1995; 2003)
Host: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu)
Site in host: forestomach, main stomach, pyloric stomach
Developmental stage: L3, L4
Locality: Playa Unión (43°24'S, 65°03'W), Chubut province; northern Patagonia (40°30'– 43°30'S, 64°–65°W)
Specimens in collections: MML (accession numbers not provided)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V
References: Sánchez et al. (2002) and Romero et al. (2014)
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on pages 313-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696