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The scolex of Tetrabothrius affinis (Lönnberg), a cestode from Balaenoptera musculus L., the blue whale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Gwendolen Rees
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth

Extract

The material used in the present study was part of a collection of parasitic worms, from whales in the Ross Sea, given to the writer by Mr W. Ross Cockrill, F.R.C.V.S. A general account of this collection has already been published (Rees, 1953).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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