Gastrointestinal helminths of Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus from the Western Mediterranean

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-76

  Fernández, Mercedes ^a   Agustí, Celia ^a   Aznar, F Javier ^a   Raga, J Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grampus griseus; Hadwenius delamurei; Mediterranean; Pholeter gastrophilus; Risso's dolphin; Scolex pleuronectis; Tetrabothrius forsteri; Trigonocotyle globicephalae

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; PARASITE;

(WEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; GASTEROPHILUS; GLOBICEPHALA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; HADWENIUS; MONORYGMA; PHOLETER GASTROPHILUS; PHYLLOBOTHRIUM; SCOLEX PLEURONECTIS; STENURUS; STENURUS GLOBICEPHALAE; TETRABOTHRIUS FORSTERI; VERMES;

EID: 0037706091     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao055073     Document Type: Article

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