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A survey of the helminth parasites of Leptocottus armatus armatus Girard

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Title A survey of the helminth parasites of Leptocottus armatus armatus Girard
Names Dunlap, Delpha Deane (creator)
Pratt, Ivan (advisor)
Date Issued 1951-05-07 (iso8601)
Note Graduation date: 1951
Abstract Of the 100 specimens of Leptocottus armatus armatus Girard examined at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology at Charleston, Oregon during June, July, and August, 1950, 99% were infected with helminth parasites. There was an 83% infection with Echinorhynchus gadi and a total of 1,258 individuals. There was a 16% infection with Podocotyle olssoni and a total of 2,004 individuals. There was a 19% infection with Podocotyle reflexa with a total of 50 individuals. There was a 27% infection with Tubulovesicula sp. with a total of 165 individuals. There was a 33% infection with nematodes with one specimen of a Spirurid, six specimens of Contracaecum sp. and 9 specimens of Anisakis, 17 specimens unidentified.
Genre Thesis/Dissertation
Topic Helminths
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/52463

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