Gastrointestinal helminths of spinner dolphins Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) (Cetacea : Delphinidae) stranded in La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Authors
Aguilar-Aguilar, R Moreno-Navarrete, RG Salgado-Maldonado, G Villa-Ramirez, B
Citation
R. Aguilar-aguilar et al., Gastrointestinal helminths of spinner dolphins Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) (Cetacea : Delphinidae) stranded in La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, COMP PARASI, 68(2), 2001, pp. 272-274
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
15252647 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
272 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
1525-2647(200107)68:2<272:GHOSDS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Thirty-one spinner dolphins Stenella longirostris stranded in La Paz Bay, B aja California Sur, Mexico, were examined for endoparasitic helminths. The following species were identified: Zalophotrema pacificum and Hadwenius tur sionis (Digenea); Strobilocephalus triangularis, Trigonocotyle sp., and Tet raphyllidea gen. sp. larva (Cestoda); immature Bolbosoma hamiltoni (Acantho cephala); and Anisakis typica (Nematoda). Except for H. tursionis, all the identified helminths are reported for the first time in Mexico. Stenella lo ngirostris represents a new host for H. tursionis and A. typica.