Publications

redescription of pseudanthobothrium hanseni baer, 1956 and description of p. purtoni n. sp. (cestoda: tetraphyllidea) from different pairs of rajid skate hosts, with comments on the host-specificity of the genus in the northwest atlantic.	during a parasitological survey of leucoraja erinacea, l. ocellata, malacoraja senta and amblyraja radiata from passamaquoddy bay and waters surrounding the west isles of the bay of fundy, nb, canada, seven species of cestodes were recovered. examination of these skates revealed the presence of two distinct species of pseudanthobothrium baer, 1956: one was retrieved from m. senta and a. radiata, identified as p. hanseni baer, 1956 and redescribed herein; the other was retrieved from l. erinacea ...	2008	18373219
determinants of host specificity and comments on attachment site specificity of tetraphyllidean cestodes infecting rajid skates from the northwest atlantic.	the objectives of this study were to (1) describe the host range for 6 tetraphyllidean species and quantify their host specificity using 5 specificity indices; (2) determine the role of morphological determinants in the host specificity of tetraphyllideans by comparing villar and bothridial measurements of species examined herein; and (3) determine the role of a physiological component in the host specificity of tetraphyllideans by exposing tetraphyllideans to blood sera from different fish spec ...	2008	18564745