Host taxa for ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE

Animal Hosts

EUTHERIA

OTARIIDAE

• Neophoca cinerea (Péron, 1816) — Australian Sea-lion
      Antarctophthirus microchir (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) [ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE]

PHOCIDAE

• Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) — Leopard Seal
      Antarctophthirus ogmorhini Enderlein, 1906 [ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE]
• Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) — Weddell Seal
      Antarctophthirus ogmorhini Enderlein, 1906 [ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE]
• Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842) — Crab-eater Seal
      Antarctophthirus lobodontis Enderlein, 1909 [ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE]
• Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) — Southern Elephant Seal
      Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein, 1904 [ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE]
• Ommatophoca rossi Gray, 1844 — Ross Seal
      Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937 [ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE]

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