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Crassicauda crassicauda Creplin

Description

Crassicauda crassicauda (Creplin)

Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson), penis, urethra, intestine, Rio de Janeiro (Muniz-Pereira et al. 1999; Pinto et al. 2004) (CHIOC 29663, 29664, 29672, 29674-29678, 29695).

Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus), penis, urethra, intestine, Rio de Janeiro (Muniz-Pereira et al. 1999; Pinto et al. 2004).

Kogia breviceps (Blainville), unspecified site of infection, unspecified locality (Pinto et al. 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Luque, José L., Muniz-Pereira, Luís C., Siciliano, Salvatore, Siqueira, Liege R., Oliveira, Magda S. & Vieira, Fabiano M., 2010, Checklist of helminth parasites of cetaceans from Brazil, pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 2548 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196777

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tetrameridae
Genus
Crassicauda
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spirurida
Phylum
Nematoda
Scientific name authorship
Creplin
Species
crassicauda
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Muniz-Pereira, L. C., Vicente, J. J. & Noronha, D. (1999) Helminths parasites of whales in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 16, 249 - 252.
  • Pinto, R. M., Muniz-Pereira, L. C., Alves, V. C. & Siciliano, S. (2004) First report of a helminth infection for Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 (Cetacea, Balaenopteridae). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 3, 167 - 170.