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Table 1 Collection data for adult specimens of Corynosoma spp. examined in this study

From: Morphology, performance and attachment function in Corynosoma spp. (Acanthocephala)

Species

Host

No. of worms

Locality

Males

Females

C. australe Johnston, 1937

Otaria flavescens Shaw

10

10

Off Puerto Madryn (Argentina)

C. bullosum (Linstow, 1892)

Mirounga leonina (L.)

5

5

Antarctica

C. caspicum Golvan & Mokhayer, 1973

Pusa caspica Gmelin

10

10

Caspian Sea

C. cetaceum Johnston & Best, 1942

Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny)

10

10

Off Necochea (Argentina)

C. enhydri Morozov, 1940

Enhydra lutris (L.)

10

10

Off British Columbia (Canada)

C. hamanni Linstow, 1892

Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville)

10

10

Antarctica

C. magdaleni Montreuil, 1958

Pusa hispida Schreber

5

5

Lake Saimaa (Finland)

C. pseudohamanni Zdzitowiecki, 1984

Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville)

3

3

Antarctica

C. semerme (Forssell, 1904)

Phoca vitulina L.

5

5

Off Germany

C. strumosum (Rudolphi, 1802)

Pusa hispida Schreber

10

10

Off Russia

C. validum Van Cleave, 1953

Odobenus rosmarus (L.)

10

10

Off Russia

C. villosum Van Cleave, 1953

Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber)

10

10

Bering Sea

C. wegeneri Heinze, 1934

Pusa hispida Schreber

10

10

Off Russia