Morphological observations on three Baltic species of Corynosoma Lühe, 1905 (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae)

• Published in: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Main Authors: Leidenberger, Sonja, Boström, Sven, Wayland, Matthew T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap 2019
• Subjects: Baltic Sea; grey seals; ringed seals; SEM; thorny-headed worms; Biological Systematics; Biologisk systematik; Montreuil; Pusa hispida
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-16838; https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.514

Necropsies of Baltic grey (Halichoerus grypus) and ringed seals (Pusa hispida) presented a rare opportunity to study their acanthocephalan fauna. Both species hosted adults of three species of the genus Corynosoma Lithe, 1904, namely C. magdaleni Montreuil, 1958, C. semerme (Forsell, 1904) Lithe 191...