Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
10-1956
Abstract
Shipleya inermis, described by Fuhrmann (1908) and redescribed by Baer (1940), is known from only few specimens. The first and only North American record of this species was published by Webster (1951), who reported the finding of two specimens in dowitchers. Examination of a large number of cestodes from dowitchers collected by Rausch, and of cestodes from the Helminthological Collection of the United States National Museum yielded specimens which are without doubt Shipleya inermis. However, some of our observations which are reported here do not agree with Baer's description. In particular, we are unable to agree with Baer (1940) that individuals of S. inermis are hermaphroditic.
Comments
Published in the Journal of Parasitology (October 1956) 42(5): 547-551.