| host specificity of oschmarinella rochebruni and brachycladium atlanticum (digenea: brachycladiidae) in five cetacean species from western mediterranean waters. | we investigated patterns of specificity of liver flukes (fam. brachycladiidae) in a community of cetaceans from the western mediterranean. the liver and pancreas of 103 striped dolphins, stenella coeruleoalba, 18 risso's dolphins, grampus griseus, 14 bottlenose dolphins, tursiops truncatus, 8 common dolphins, delphinus delphis, and 5 long-finned pilot whales, globicephala melas, were analysed for brachycladiid species. two species were found: oschmarinella rochebruni in striped dolphins (prevale ... | 2011 | 20359374 |
| intestinal helminth fauna of bottlenose dolphin tursiops truncatus and common dolphin delphinus delphis from the western mediterranean. | we report on the intestinal helminth fauna of 15 bottlenose dolphins tursiops truncatus and 6 short-beaked common dolphins delphinus delphis from the western mediterranean. eight helminth species were found in bottlenose dolphin, i.e., the digeneans synthesium tursionis, brachycladium atlanticum, and pholeter gastrophilus, the nematode anisakis sp., and the cestodes tetrabothrius forsteri, diphyllobothrium sp., strobilocephalus triangularis, and tetraphyllidean plerocercoids. brachycladium atlan ... | 2013 | 23186358 |