Locality: Alaska. 



Recorded by: Stiles and Hassall (1899); 



Stiles (1901); Baylis (1947); Olsen (1958); 



Olsen and Lyons (1962, 1965); Keyes 



(1965). 



Unidentified microfilariae 



Hosts : Zalophus calif ornianus - California sea 



lion; Eumetopias jubatus - Steller sea 



lion. 

 Location: Blood. 

 Locality: California (animals in captivity, 



originally caught off California coast) . 

 Recorded by: Taylor et al. (1961); Perry 



(1967). 



Acanthocephala 



Bolbosoma sp. 



Hosts: Balaenoptera borealis - sei whale; 

 Balaenoptera musculus - blue whale ; Megap- 

 tera novaeangliae - humpback whale. 



Location: Intestine. 



Locality: California. 



Recorded by: Rice (1963). 



Bolbosoma balaenae (Gmelin, 1790) Meyer, 



1932 

 Host: Unidentified whale. 

 Location: Intestine. 

 Locality: Washington. 

 Recorded by: Van Cleave (1953b). 



Bolbosoma turbineUa (Diesing, 1851) Porta, 



1908 

 Host: Balaenoptera borealis - sei whale. 

 Location: Intestine. 

 Locality: British Columbia. 

 Recorded by: Margolis and Pike (1955). 



Corynosoma sp. 



Host: Pusa hispida - ringed seal. 



Location: Intestine. 



Locality: Alaska. 



Recorded by: Johnson et al. (1966). 



Corynosoma alaskensis Golvan, 1959 



Host: Phocoena phocoena - harbour porpoise. 



Location: Intestine. 



Locality: Alaska. 



Recorded by: Golvan (1959). 



Corynosoma enhydri Morosov, 1940 



Syns.: Corynosoma macrosomum Neiland, 

 1962. 

 Corynosoma sp. of Van Cleave, 

 1953. 

 Host: Erihydra lutris - sea otter. 

 Location : Intestine. 

 Locality: Alaska. 

 Recorded by: Van Cleave (1953b); Neiland 



(1962); Kenyon (1969). 

 Remarks: In a mimeographed report by Jel- 

 lison and Neiland (1965), Corynosoma mac- 

 rosomum is recognized as a synonym of C. 

 enhydri. 



Corynosoma falcatum Van Cleave, 1953 



Host: Phoca vitulina richardi - harbour 

 seal. 



Location: Intestine. 



Locality: Alaska. 



Recorded by: Van Cleave (1953a, b). 



Remarks: Van Cleave gave the host as Hal- 

 ichoerus grypus, the gray seal. Kruidenier 

 (1954) pointed out that this species of seal 

 does not occur in the Pacific and that the 

 host was almost certainly Phoca vitulina 

 richardi. 



Corynosoma obtuscens Lincicome, 1943 



Host: Zalophus calif ornianus - California sea 

 lion. 



Location: Intestine. 



Locality: California (wild and captive ani- 

 mals). 



Recorded by: Lincicome (1943); Van Cleave 

 (1953a, b); Dailey and Hill (1970). 



Corynosoma semerme (Forssell, 1904) Liihe, 

 1911 



Hosts: Callorhinus ursinus - northern fur 

 seal; Delphinapterus leucas - white whale; 

 Phoca vitulina richardi - harbour seal; un- 

 identified seals. 



Location: Intestine. 



Locality: Alaska. 



Recorded by: Van Cleave (1953b) ; Neiland 

 (1962). 



Remarks: Fisher's (1952) report of this spe- 

 cies from the harbour seal in British Colum- 

 bia proved to be erroneous; his specimens 

 were redetermined as Corynosoma strumo- 

 sum (see Margolis, 1956). 



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