Some Helminth Parasites of Canadian Pacific Whales

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Margolis, Leo, Pike, Gordon C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1955
• Subjects: Fin whale; Sei Whale; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f55-008; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f55-008

The following helminth parasites have been recorded from Cetacea caught off the British Columbia coast. Trematoda: Lecithodesmus goliath (fin whale), Lecithodesmus spinosus n. sp. (sei whale) and Ogmogaster plicatus (fin and sei whales); Cestoda: Phyllobothrium delphini (sperm and fin whales); Nemat...