Parasite Fauna Of 3 Species Of Antarctic Whales With Reference To Their Use As Potential Stock Indicators

• Main Authors: Dailey, Murray D., Vogelbein, Wolfgang K.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1991
• Subjects: Fisheries Science Peer-Reviewed Articles; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Antarctic; Catodon; Antarc*; Balaenoptera borealis; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/607; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/1608/viewcontent/dailey.pdf

Seventeen species of parasites representing the Cestoda, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, and Crustacea are reported from three species of Antarctic whales. Thirty-five sei whales Balaenoptera borealis, 106 minke whales B. acutorostrata, and 35 sperm whales Physeter catodon were examined from latitudes 30-...