Helminths parasites of whales in Brazil

Three species of whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828, B. physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 captured in the Brazilian coast were necropsied for helminths. Balaenoptera borealis and B. physalus were infected by Crassicauda crassicauda (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) and Ogmog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Muniz-Pereira,Luís C., Vicente,Joaquim Julio, Noronha,Dely
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 1999
Subjects:
Helminths
new records
whale
Brazil
Catodon
Antarc*
antarcticus
Balaenoptera borealis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751999000600025
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Summary:Three species of whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828, B. physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 captured in the Brazilian coast were necropsied for helminths. Balaenoptera borealis and B. physalus were infected by Crassicauda crassicauda (Nematoda, Tetrameridae) and Ogmogaster antarcticus (Digenea: Notocotylidae), which are referred for the first time in Brazil. Balaenoptera borealis was also infected by Lecithodesmus goliath (Digenea, Campulidae) and Bolbosoma turbinella (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae). Physeter catodon was infected by Anisakis physeteris (Nematoda, Anisakidae), which is a new record to this host in Brazilian waters.

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