This publication is an introduction to bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) parasitology. In this publications, there is a list of parasits that they have been found in bibliography and in the next publication we are going to talk about three of them.
The interest on marine mammals’ diseases, mostly on cetaceans, owe to their use on research and entertainment. There is different species of parasits on cetacean, but some of them are accidental parasits that doesn’t cause any serious problem. The following list are the parasits of Tursiops truncatus.
PHYLLUM NEMATODA
| Anisakis physeteris | Halocercus lagenorhynchus | ||
| Anisakis simples | Skrjabinalius cryptocephalus | ||
| Anisakis typica | Stenurus minor | ||
| Crassicauda crassicauda | Stenurus ovatus | ||
PHYLLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
Class Trematoda: Subclass Digenea
| Braunina cordiformes | Nasitrema dalli |
| Campula palliata | Pholeter gastrophilus |
| Campula rochebruni | Synthesium tursionis |
| Nasitrema attenuata | Zalophotrema hepaticum |
Class Cestodes
| Monorygma delphini |
| Monorygma Grimaldi |
| Phyllobothrium delphini |
PHYLLUM ACANTHOCEPHALA PHYLLUM ARTROPODA
| Bolbosoma sp. Harpacticus pulex |
| Corynosoma cetaceum Syncyamus sp. |
PROTOZOA
| Holotricha ciliate (not identified) |
| Cryptosporidium parvum |
| Giardia duodenalis |
| Giardia sp. |
| Kyaroikeus cetarius (ciliate) |
| Toxoplasma gondii |
BACTERIA
| Actinomyces sp. | Nocardia sp. |
| Aeromonas sp. | Pasteurella sp. |
| Brucilla sp. | Pseudomonas sp. |
| Erysipelothrix sp. | Salmonella sp. |
| Klebsiella sp. | Staphylococcus sp. |
| Lactococcus sp. | Streptococcus sp. |
| Nocardia asteroides | Vibrio sp. |
| Nocardia levis |
FUNGUS
| Blastomyces dermatitidis | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| Candida albicans | Lacazia loboi |
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