Caryophyllaeid Cestodes from Four Species of Carpiodes (Teleostei: Catostomidae)

Authors

Dennis D. Williams, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Martin J. Ulmer, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The caryophyllaeid cestode fauna of four species of carpsuckers was investigated. Four hundred and thirty hosts from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska were examined (Aug. 1967-Dec. 1968) and 260 (60%) were parasitized. Four species of caryophyllaeids were found, of which Spartoides wardi and Biacetabulum carpiodi were most abundant. B. carpiodi exhibits a definite seasonal periodicity in spring and early summer, but none appears to exist for S. wardi. Single infections of Glaridacris confusa and Monobothrium sp. were also encountered.

Publication Date

1970

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

77

Issue

1

First Page

185

Last Page

195

Copyright

©1970 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Williams, Dennis D. and Ulmer, Martin J. (1970) "Caryophyllaeid Cestodes from Four Species of Carpiodes (Teleostei: Catostomidae)," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 77(1), 185-195.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol77/iss1/28