Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Alaska. XLI. Observations on Cestodes of the Genus Diplogonoporus Lönnberg, 1892 (Diphyllobothriidae)

• Main Author: Rausch, Robert L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1964
• Subjects: Parasitology; Blanchard; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/527; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1538/viewcontent/Rausch_1964_CJZ_Studies_on_the_Helminth_Fauna_of_Alaska_XLI_Observations_on_Diplogonoporus.pdf

The study of a collection of cestodes assigned to the genus Diplogonoporus Lönnberg, 1892 disclosed but two species, D. balaenopterae Lönnberg, 1892, and D. tetrapterus (von Siebold, 1848) (provis.). These cestodes occur characteristically in marine mammals but occasionally are found in terrestrial...