Biology of Bothrimonus (= Diplocotyle) (Pseudophyllidea: Cestoda) Part I. History, Description, Synonymy, and Systematics

Bothrimonus (= Diplocotyle) is described from six species of teleost fishes and three species of gammarids from various geographical locations: Apeltes quadroons from Newfoundland; Microgadus tomcod from Massachusetts; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from Attu Island in the Pacific Ocean; Pseudopleuronectes...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Authors: Burt, M. D. B., Sandeman, I. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
Subjects:
Attu Island
Greenland
Pacific
Attu
Newfoundland
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Salmo salar
Salvelinus alpinus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-095
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-095
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Summary:Bothrimonus (= Diplocotyle) is described from six species of teleost fishes and three species of gammarids from various geographical locations: Apeltes quadroons from Newfoundland; Microgadus tomcod from Massachusetts; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from Attu Island in the Pacific Ocean; Pseudopleuronectes americanus from St. Andrews, New Brunswick; Salvelinus alpinus from Greenland; Salmo salar from Newfoundland; Gammarus océaniens from Newfoundland; Marinogammarus finmarchicus and M. pirloti from St. Andrews, Scotland. The synonymy and morphological variation of Bothrimonus is discussed and all the material examined is considered to be B. sturionis Duvernoy, 1842.

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