| gastrointestinal parasites of bottlenose dolphins tursiops truncatus from the extreme southwestern atlantic, with notes on diet composition. | we surveyed the gastrointestinal tracts of 6 bottlenose dolphins tursiops truncatus from patagonia to check for helminth parasites and characterize dolphin diet. all dolphins harbored parasites (6477 helminths). we recorded 7 species, including nematodes anisakis simplex s.l., pseudoterranova decipiens, acanthocephalans corynosoma cetaceum, c. australe, and digeneans braunina cordiformis, pholeter gastrophilus and synthesium tursionis. among the gastric helminths, the most prevalent species were ... | 2014 | 24492055 |
| 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 |