Halocercus pingi is a species of metastrongyloid lungworm nematode that parasitizes the respiratory tract of cetaceans. It causes lethal pneumonia in young Indo-Pacific finless porpoise.
Morphology Halocerus pingi is a large, thread-like nematode with mostly smooth cuticles featuring fine annulations on anterior and posterior ends. It has 6 inconspicuous head papillae, a circular mouth, extremely short muscular esophagus, and two very long esophageal glands 5-7 times the esophagus length. Males possess a disc-like copulatory bursa with equal spicules. Females are viviparous.
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