| prey species of franciscana pontoporia blainvillei as paratenic hosts of helminths. | the distribution of franciscana pontoporia blainvillei gervais & d'orbigny, 1884, is restricted to the estuarine and coastal waters of the southwestern atlantic. the diet of this dolphin is composed of fishes, squids, and shrimps, many of which harbor helminths that may infect franciscana. larval forms of the trematode synthesium pontoporiae and the acanthocephalan bolbosoma turbinella have been recorded in franciscana; however, they have not yet been identified in any of the prey species of thi ... | 2017 | 28322211 |