We used morphological and genetic identification to document metazoan parasites of cetaceans and pinnipeds from 28 carcasses salvaged in California between 1974 and 2002, including whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, and seals. Nematodes found included Anisakis simplex (s.l.), A. simplex (s.s.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.), Pseudoterranova sp., Contracaecum ogmorhini (s.l.), Contracaecum sp., Stenurus cf. minor, Pharurus cf. dalli, and Otostrongylus circumlitus. Cestodes found included Phyllobothrium delphini and Tetrabothrius sp. The acanthocephalan Bolbosoma capitatum, and the arthropod Halarachne miroungae, also were documented. Tetrabothrius sp. in the pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus) and P. delphini in the Eastern North Pacific long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis bairdii) constitute two new host records.
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4 December 2019
Some Metazoan Parasites from Marine Mammals Stranded in California
Marlene M. Colón-Llavina,
Simonetta Mattiucci,
Giuseppe Nascetti,
James T. Harvey,
Ernest H. Williams,
Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni
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Pacific Science
Vol. 73 • No. 4
October 2019
Vol. 73 • No. 4
October 2019
California
cetaceans
helminths
parasitology
pinnipeds
