Metazoan Parasites of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) from the North Slope of Canada and Alaska
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 33 (2) , 271-275
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f76-037
Abstract
Metazoan parasites (14 spp.) were recovered from 128 S. alpinus from the north slope of Canada and Alaska [USA] collected between March 31, 1971 and Nov. 5, 1972. The parasites consisted of 1 monogenean (Tetraonchus alaskensis), 4 digeneans (Brachyphallus crenatus, Crepidostomum farionis, Bunodera luciopercae, Phyllodistomum sp.), 4 cestodes (Cyathocephalus truncatus, Bothrimonus sturionis, Eubothrium (? crassum), Proteocephalus sp.), 2 nematodes (Cystidicola stigmatura, Bulbodacnitis alpinus), 1 acanthocephalan (Metechinorhynchus salmonis) and 2 copepods (Salmincola edwardsii, S. carpionis). Of the parasites recovered, 1 was described as a new species (B. alpinus Mudry and McCart, 1974) and 3 others are new North American host records (T. alaskensis, C. stigmatura and C. truncatus). All of the localities sampled are range extensions of the parasites found.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Revision of the Genus Salmincola Wilson, 1915 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae)Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1969