Gastrolecithus planus (Linton) (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) parasitizing Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus) (Elasmobranchii) from the North Sea

• Main Author: Land, J. van der
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: 42.76; Beneden; Van Beneden; Cetorhinus maximus; Lamna nasus
• Online Access: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318668; http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149954

INTRODUCTION In 1889 Van Beneden described a new tetraphyllid cestode, Dinobothrium septaria, for which he erected a new genus. It was peculiar in having a rather small body with a very large scolex, the largest of all tapeworm holdfasts. Since then a small number of other species of Dinobothrium ha...