basis of record
Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 174-176. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Brandão, M.; Moreira, J.; Luque, J. (2014). Checklist of Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Arthropoda parasitizing penguins of the world. <em>Check List.</em> 10(3): 562-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.562 [details]
additional source
Lehnert, K.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 93(06): 649-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x19000361 [details]
additional source
Gordeev, I. I.; Sokolov, S. G. (2023). Helminths of epipelagic fish in the western Bering Sea and southern Sea of Okhotsk. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 140-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.02
note: Sensu lato [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription
Arai, H. P.; Smith, J. W. (2016). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4185(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1 [details]
redescription
Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. <em>Academia, Prague.</em> 601 pp.
note: Larva [details]
redescription
Baylis, H. A. (1937). On the ascarids parasitic in seals, with special reference to the genus Contracaecum. <em>Parasitology.</em> 29(01): 121., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000026251 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Many records include C. osculatum A auct.; C. osculatum B auct.; and C. osculatum C auct. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Magdalen Islands (From the eastern Bradelle valley to the west , as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL) [details]
Habitat endoparasite found in Gadus morhua and Phoca groenlandica [details]