Helminths parasites of whales in Brazil

• 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

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.