| parasite communities of common dolphins (delphinus delphis) from patagonia: the relation with host distribution and diet and comparison with sympatric hosts. | we studied the helminths of 18 common dolphins, delphinus delphis, from northern patagonia. parasites were found only in the gastrointestinal tract. four species were in the stomach, the nematode anisakis simplex, the acanthocephalan corynosoma cetaceum, and the digeneans braunina cordiformis and pholeter gastrophilus, plus 1 digenean in the hepatopancreatic ducts, oschmarinella rochebruni. infection levels were low (0-155 parasites). braunina cordiformis and c. cetaceum were the most prevalent ... | 2007 | 18163339 |
| 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 |