OSCHMARINELLA MACRORCHIS SP-N (DIGENEA, CAMPULIDAE) FROM THE LIVER SINUSES OF A BEAKED-WHALE, MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI (CETACEA, ZIPHIIDAE)

Authors
DEMAREE RS CRITCHFIELD RL TINLING SP
Citation
Rs. Demaree et al., OSCHMARINELLA MACRORCHIS SP-N (DIGENEA, CAMPULIDAE) FROM THE LIVER SINUSES OF A BEAKED-WHALE, MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI (CETACEA, ZIPHIIDAE), Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 64(2), 1997, pp. 183-187
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
183 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1997)64:2<183:OMS(CF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Oschmarinella macrorchis sp. n. is described from the liver of a beake d whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri. This new species, like other members o f the genus Oschmarinella, has eggs that are triangular in cross secti on, intestinal caecae without posterior lateral diverticula, a prephar yngeal pouch, and a uroproct. It is smaller than O. sobolevi and large r than O. laevicaecum and O. mascomai in almost all measurements. Laur er's canal was not observed.