Borucinska J D, Heger K
Department of Biology, University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 1999 Jan;35(1):98-100. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.98.
A shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) caught in 1996 by sportfishermen in Long Island (New York, USA) had many granulomas containing larval nematodes. Granulomas were present in the myocardium, spleen, pancreas, stomach, spiral intestine, hematopoietic tissue within the anterior kidney, and in the branchial septum and primary lamellae of the gills. Epicardial hyperplasia and granulomatous myocarditis were associated with the larvae. Although identification of the larvae was impossible due to lack of distinct morphological features, they resembled dracunculoid larvae previously reported from sharks.
1996年，美国纽约长岛的休闲渔民捕获了一条短鳍灰鲭鲨（尖吻鲭鲨），其体内有许多含有幼虫线虫的肉芽肿。肉芽肿出现在心肌、脾脏、胰腺、胃、螺旋肠、前肾内的造血组织以及鳃间隔和鳃小片上。心外膜增生和肉芽肿性心肌炎与幼虫有关。由于缺乏明显的形态特征，无法鉴定这些幼虫，但它们与先前报道的来自鲨鱼的龙线虫样幼虫相似。
