WORMS PARASITIC IN CETACEA 403 



Family ONCHOLAIMIDAE 



Odontobius ceti, Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834. 



References: Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834, 326; Dujardin, 1845, 292; Cobbold, 1879, 427; 

 Baylis, 1923, 617. 



Recorded from the baleen-plates of Balaena australis, Balaenoptera iniiscnliis, B. p/iy- 

 salus, Megaptera nodosa. 



Family METASTRONGYLIDAE 



Pseudalius inflexus (Rud., 1809), Schneider, 1866. 



Synonyms: Stwiigylus inflexus, Rudolphi, 1809; S. inflexus major, Raspail, 1829; S. major, 

 Raspail, 1829; Pseudalius filum, Dujardin, 1845; Prosllwcosacter inflexus, Diesing, 1851; 

 ? Prosthecosacta convolutus, Cobbold, 1864; ? Prosthecosacter convolutus, Cobbold, 1879. (Not 

 Stenurus inflexus, Dujardin, 1845.) 



References: Rudolphi, 1809, 227; Kuhn, 1829 rt, 150; 18296, 139; 1829 c, 363, 367; Raspail, 

 1829, 250, 251; Dujardin, 1845, 135; Diesing, 1851, 323; Cobbold, 1864, PI. vi, fig. 3; 1879, 

 424; Schneider, 1866, 173; Baylis and Daubney, 1925, 204. 



Recorded from the bronchi, blood-vessels and heart of Phocaena phocaena. 



Stenurus arcticus (Cobb, 1888), Baylis and Daubney, 1925. 



Synonyms: Strongylus pallasii, v. Beneden, 1870 (tiomen nudum); Sirongyhis arcticus, Cobb, 

 1888; Pseudalius arcticus, v. Linstow, 1906. 



References: v. Beneden, 1870, 366; Cobb, 1888, 64; 1889, 150; v. Linstow, 1906, 114; 

 Baylis and Daubney, 1925, 208. 



Recorded from the "hearing organs" (probably tympanic cavity) of Delphinapterus 

 leucas. 



Stenurus globicephalae, Bayhs and Daubney, 1925. 

 Reference: Baylis and Daubney, 1925, 206. 

 Recorded from the base of the blow-hole of Globicephala melaena. 



Stenurus minor (Kuhn, 1829), Baylis and Daubney, 1925. 



Synonyms: Strongylus jninor, Kuhn, 1829; Stenurus inflexus, Dujardin, 1845 {nee Strongylus 

 inflexus, Rudolphi, 1809) ; Prosthecosacter minor, Diesing, 1851 ; Prosthecosacter (Stenurus) minor, 

 Diesing, 1861 ; Pseudalius minor, Schneider, 1866; Pharurus minor, Cobbold, 1879. 

 References: Kuhn, 1829 a, 152; 18296, 139; 1829 f, 363; Raspail, 1829, 246; Dujardin, 1845, 

 266; Diesing, 1851, 323; 1861, 719; Schneider, 1866, 174; Cobbold, 1879, 423; v. Linstow, 

 1888 a, 235; Baylis and Daubney, 1925, 205. 



Recorded from the bronchi, tympanic cavity and blood-vessels (especially the venous 

 sinuses of the head) of Phocaena phocaena. 



Stenurus ovatus (v. Linst., 1910), Baylis and Daubney, 1925. 



Synonym: Pseudalius ovatus, v. Linstow, 1910. 



References: v. Linstow, 1910, 133; Baylis and Daubney, 1925, 208; Baylis, 1928, 464. 

 Recorded from the oesophagus (?), stomach (?), blow-hole, larynx and trachea of 

 Tursiops truncatus. 



