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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Research Letter

Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Tapeworm Larvae in Salmon from North America

Roman KuchtaComments to Author , Mikuláš Oros, Jayde Ferguson, and Tomáš Scholz
Author affiliations: Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (R. Kuchta, T. Scholz); Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic (M. Oros); State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (J. Ferguson)

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A) Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) from Alaska, USA. B) Plerocercoid of Japanese broad tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense) (arrow) deep in the muscles of the salmon. C) Live D. nihonka plerocercoid in saline (inset) and scanning electron micrograph after fixation with hot water; note the scolex with a long, slit-like bothrium opened anteriorly.

Figure. A) Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) from Alaska, USA. B) Plerocercoid of Japanese broad tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense) (arrow) deep in the muscles of the salmon. C) Live D. nihonka plerocercoid in saline (inset) and scanning electron micrograph after fixation with hot water; note the scolex with a long, slit-like bothrium opened anteriorly.

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