Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Tetrabothrius

Description

Tetrabothrius sp.

Host: Mesoplodon hectori (Gray)

Site in the hosts: intestine

Locality: Puerto Quequén (38º37'S, 58º50'W), Buenos Aires province Specimens in collections: MZU (accession numbers not provided)V References: Cappozzo et al. (2005) and Nikolov et al. (2010, reported as Tetrabothrius sp. 1) Host: Phocoena dioptrica Lahille

Site in host: intestine

Locality: Playa El Doradillo, (42º39'S, 64º59'W), Chubut province Specimens in collections: MML (accession numbers not provided)V; MZU (accession numbers not provided)V References: Berón-Vera et al. (2008) and Nikolov et al. (2010, reported as Tetrabothrius sp. 2) Host: Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen)

Site in host: intestine

Locality: Playa Unión, (41º03'S, 62º48'W), Chubut province References: Loizaga de Castro et al. (2011)

Notes

Published as part of Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, pp. 301-334 in Zootaxa 3936 (3) on page 321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236696

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References

  • Cappozzo, H. L., Negri, M. F., Mahler, B., Lia, V. V., Martinez, P., Gianggiobe, A. & Saubidet, A. (2005) Biological data on two Hector's beaked whales, Mesoplodon hectori, stranded in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 4, 113 - 128. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5597 / lajam 00076
  • Nikolov, P. N., Cappozzo, H. L., Beron-Vera, B., Crespo, E. A., Raga, J. A. & Fernandez, M. (2010) Cestodes from Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori) and spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) from Argentinean waters. Journal of Parasitology, 96, 746 - 751. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1645 / GE- 2200.1
  • Beron-Vera, B., Crespo, E. A. & Raga, J. A. (2008) Parasites in stranded cetaceans of Patagonia. Journal of Parasitology, 94, 946 - 948. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1645 / GE- 1296.1
  • Degrati, M., Garcia, N. A., Grandi, M. F., Leonardi, M. S., Loizaga de Castro, R., Vales, D. G., Dans, S. L., Pedraza, S. N. & Crespo, E. A. (2011) New record of a stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and a review of strandings along the continental Argentine coast. Mastozoologia Neotropical, 18, 307 - 313.