First report of a helminth infection for Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 (Cetacea, Balaenopteridae)
- Pinto, R. M.
- Muniz-Pereira, L. C.
- Alves, V. C.
- Siciliano, S.
Publication date
December 2004
DOI Publisher
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos (SOLAMAC)Abstract
Acanthocephalans represented by Bolbosoma capitatum (von Linstow, 1880) Porta, 1908 were recovered from a single specimen of Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) from the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a new host record for the parasite and the first case of infection by helminths in Bryde's whales
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