Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Alaska. XLIV. Revision of Ogmogaster Jägerskiöld, 1891, with a Description of O. pentalineatus sp. n. (Trematoda: Notocotylidae)

• Main Authors: Rausch, Robert L., Fay, Francis H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1966
• Subjects: Parasitology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bering Sea; Pacific; Lawrence Island; Antarc*; antarcticus; baleen whales; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/381; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1390/viewcontent/Rausch_1966_JP_Studies_on_the_Helminth_Fauna_of_Alaska_XLIV_Revision_of_Ogmogaster_jagerskiold_1891.pdf

Discrepant conclusions in the literature concerning the specific distinction of the two spe- cies assigned to the genus Ogmogaster Jägerskiöld, 1891, necessitated a reevaluation of the taxonomic characters used in separating these trematodes. Study of material from baleen whales from North Pacific w...