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Note on the Occurrence of Ophiotænia lönnbergii in Pennsylvania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Wm. P. Canavan
Affiliation:
Zoology Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania.

Extract

Last Fall my attention was called to an adult Necturus maculosus Raf. in our vivarium by Dr. C. L. Parmenter, in charge, from the cloaca of which protruded some mature tapeworm segments. One cestode only was found in the duodenum which measured 83 mm. The head was easily recovered. It proved to be Ophiotænia lönnbergii (Fuhrmann) as described and illustrated by La Rue (1914). La Rue has frequently found the species in Necturus from Ohio and Indiana. This one is from Allegheny in Pennsylvania, showing a wider distribution. La Rue states: “I have examined your slides of Ophiotænia from Necturus and find them to be O.lōnnbergii without question.”

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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References

La Rue, G. R., 1914.—“A Revision of the Cestode Family ProteocephalidæIllinois Biol. Mono. I, p. 214.Google Scholar