Alcataenia campylacantha (Krabbe, 1869) from pigeon guillemots, Cepphus columba Pallas, and black guillemots, Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus), and Alcataenia sp. indet. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from Kittlitz's murrelets, Brachyramphus brevirostris (Vigors) in Alaska

• Main Author: Hoberg, Eric P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1984
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Ornithology; Parasitology; Pacific; Découverte; Barrow; Cepphus grylle; North Atlantic; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/784; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1795/viewcontent/Hoberg_Alcataenia_campyl_Can_J_Zool_1984.pdf

Alcataenia campylacantha (Krabbe, 1869) is redescribed and reported for the first time from pigeon guillemots, Cepphus columba Pallas, in Alaska. Specimens of this cestode were also found in black guillemots, Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus) at Point Barrow, Alaska. There were no substantial differences in...