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

• 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

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.