LAMPRITREMA NIPPONICUM YAMAGUTI (TREMATODA) FROM NEW HOSTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, THE RELATIONSHIP OF DISTOMUM MIESCHERI ZSCHOKKE, AND THE STATUS OF THE FAMILY LAMPRITREMATIDAE

Lampritrema nipponicum is recorded from three new hosts in the North Pacific: Brama rayi (Bloch), Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), and Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum). Only immature specimens were found in the last two (evidently accidental) hosts. Distomum miescheri Zschokke is transferred to Lamprit...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Margolis, L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1962
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Pacific
Brama
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z62-083
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z62-083
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Summary:Lampritrema nipponicum is recorded from three new hosts in the North Pacific: Brama rayi (Bloch), Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), and Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum). Only immature specimens were found in the last two (evidently accidental) hosts. Distomum miescheri Zschokke is transferred to Lampritrema, becoming Lampritrema miescheri (Zschokke) nov. comb. This species possibly is identical with L. nipponicum. Lampritrematidae is considered a valid family, distinct from Hemiuridae sensu lato.

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