<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>One short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene individual stranded on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, was examined for stomach and lung nematodes. During necropsy, a large number of nematodes of the species Skrjabinalius guevarai were found in the airways. Additionally, some larval Anisakis sp. were found in the stomach. Both nematode species are reported for the first time from this host. The present is the first helminthological study of the short-snouted spinner dolphin in Mexico and adjacent waters of the Caribbean Sea. S. guevarai is reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Ocean.</p></abstract>

One short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene individual stranded on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, was examined for stomach and lung nematodes. During necropsy, a large number of nematodes of the species Skrjabinalius guevarai were found in the airways. Additionally, some larval Anisakis sp. were found in the stomach. Both nematode species are reported for the first time from this host. The present is the first helminthological study of the short-snouted spinner dolphin in Mexico and adjacent waters of the Caribbean Sea. S. guevarai is reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Ocean.

New host report for nematodes in a stranded short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Mexican Caribbean coast

Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, CP 04510, México, D. F., México

Grupo Via Delphi, Av. Del Sol No. 11, SM 45, CP. 77508, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

Helminthologia

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One short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene individual stranded on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, was examined for stomach and lung nematodes....

New host report for nematodes in a stranded short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Mexican Caribbean coast

Published Online: May 26, 2010

Page range: 136 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-010-0020-0

Keywords
Short-snouted spinner dolphin, Stenella clymene, Nematodes, Skrjabinalius guevarai, Anisakis sp., Mexico

© 2010 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

New host report for nematodes in a stranded short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Mexican Caribbean coast

Published Online: May 26, 2010

Page range: 136 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-010-0020-0

KeywordsShort-snouted spinner dolphin, Stenella clymene, Nematodes, Skrjabinalius guevarai, Anisakis sp., Mexico

© 2010 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Short-snouted spinner dolphin, Stenella clymene, Nematodes, Skrjabinalius guevarai, Anisakis sp., Mexico