Trigonocotyle

Hernández-Orts, Jesús S., Viola, M. Natalia Paso, García, Néstor A., Crespo, Enrique A., González, Raúl, García-Varela, Martín & Kuchta, Roman, 2015, A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina, Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 301-334 : 321

Trigonocotyle spp.

Host: Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver

Site in host: stomach

Locality: Estancia Sara and Punta Sinai, Tierra del Fuego province

References: Dougnac and Fredes ( 2012)

Notes: Species of Trigonocotyle inhabit the intestine of cetaceans ( Delyamure 1955; Markowski 1955; Hoberg 1990). The presences of specimens of Trigonocotyle spp. in the stomach of T. shepherdi seems to be related to postmortem movement of the tapeworms from the anterior small intestine.