Citation: Gotto, R.V. 1955 An Irish record of the post-larva of Hepatoxylon trichiuri (H.S. Holten) (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (L.). Irish Naturalists' Journal 11: 290-291
Number of Pages: 2
Volume Part: 10
Keywords: Disease, Fauna, Fish, Marine, Parasite, Pisces
Abstract: A short note on the finding of a single post-larva of the trypanorhynchid tapeworm, Hepatoxylon trichiuri, in the coelom of a preserved spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Author notes that it is the only one found in many hundreds of local dogfish which have been dissected.