PARASITES OF SOME CANADIAN SEA MAMMALS

Four nematodes, two acanthocephalids and specimens of the cestode genus Diphyllobothrium are reported from seals and white whales in Arctic and temperate coastal waters of Canada. Phocascaris netsiki sp. nov. is described from Phoca hispida and observations on flagella in Anisakis simplex are record...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Research
Main Author: Lyster, L. L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1940
Subjects:
Arctic
Canada
Phoca hispida
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjr40d-036
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjr40d-036
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Summary:Four nematodes, two acanthocephalids and specimens of the cestode genus Diphyllobothrium are reported from seals and white whales in Arctic and temperate coastal waters of Canada. Phocascaris netsiki sp. nov. is described from Phoca hispida and observations on flagella in Anisakis simplex are recorded.

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