Onchocotyle somniosi n.sp., an Ectoparasitic Trematode of the Sleeper Shark ( Somniosus microcephalus )

The specimens herein described were obtained from the gills of Somniosus microcephalus Block, at Excursion Inlet, Alaska, in 1909. This shark is also the host of Onchocotyle borealis , the species most closely resembling the new species, and is known in European waters as the Greenland Shark. To quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Parasitology
Main Author: Causey, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1926
Subjects:
Infectious Diseases
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
Arctic
Greenland
Pacific
Somniosus microcephalus
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000005151
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182000005151
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Summary:The specimens herein described were obtained from the gills of Somniosus microcephalus Block, at Excursion Inlet, Alaska, in 1909. This shark is also the host of Onchocotyle borealis , the species most closely resembling the new species, and is known in European waters as the Greenland Shark. To quote Goode: “This species, also called by our fishermen the ‘Gurry’ or ‘Ground’ Shark, is a native of the Arctic Seas, but on our coast ranges south to Cape Cod, and in the Eastern Atlantic at least to England, while in the Pacific it has been observed from Puget Sound northward.”

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