Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Alaska. XXIV. Echinococcus sibiricensis n. sp., from St. Lawrence Island

• Main Authors: Rausch, Robert L., Schiller, Everett
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1954
• Subjects: Parasitology; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/591; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1591/viewcontent/Rausch_1954_JP_Studies_on_the_Helminth_Fauna_of_Alaska_XXIV_Echinococcus_sibiricensis_n_sp_from_St_Lawrence_Island.pdf

As the result of field and laboratory investigations extending over a period of more than four years, we have amassed considerable information on the life cycle and ecology of a cestode of the genus Echinococcus (Rudolphi, 1801). Occurring on St. Lawrence Island, which lies in Bering Sea about 40 mi...