Occurrence of Anisakis physeteris Baylis, 1923 and Pseudoterranova sp. (Nematoda) in pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (De Blainvillei, 1838) (Physeteridae) in Northeastern coast of Brazil
An adult male pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (De Blainvillei, 1838) (Physeteridae), 2.73 m long was found stranded on Cacimba do Padre beach, Fernando de Noronha archipelago (3 degrees 51'S; 32 degrees 25'W), Brazil on 2 May 1987. At necropsy, nematodes were collected from the stomach,...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
1998
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/23642 http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=oc98034 |
| Summary: | An adult male pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (De Blainvillei, 1838) (Physeteridae), 2.73 m long was found stranded on Cacimba do Padre beach, Fernando de Noronha archipelago (3 degrees 51'S; 32 degrees 25'W), Brazil on 2 May 1987. At necropsy, nematodes were collected from the stomach, fixed in 70 GL alcohol and cleared in beechwood creosote. Their identification was based on JT Davey (1971) and D Gibson (1983). Measurements were made with the use of a calibrated filar micrometer with the range given in micrometers followed by the mean in parenthesis, and number of specimens measured. Studied material is deposited in the Helminthological Collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (CHIOC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
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