Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
1982
Abstract
Hysterothylacium pelagicum sp. n. from the digestive tract of the dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus, is described from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is most similar to H. cornutum, but differs from it by lacking ventral crests on the males and having the vulva located within the anterior 30-40% rather than 18-25% of the female body. Specimens of H. cornutum are reported from Thunnus albacares, a previously unrecorded host, off Hawaii.
Comments
Published in Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 49(2), 1982, pp. 246-251