Parasites of the swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus. American Museum novitates ; no. 996

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1938

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New York City : The American Museum of Natural History

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"One new and five previously described species of parasites were taken from the swordfish by the American Museum-Lerner Expedition at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in the summer of 1936. These are as follows: Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea, Dibothrium plicatum Rudolphi; Tetrarhynchidea, Dibothriorhynchus attenuatus (Rudolphi), Tentacularia coryphaena Bosc, Nybelinia lamontei, new species, Nematoda, Contracaecum incurvum (Rudolphi). Copepoda, Pennella filosa Linnaeus. Other species of parasites from the swordfish reported in the literature are also discussed"--P. 14-15.

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16 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16).

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http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3823

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