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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Digital Commons @ ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Annals The Roosevelt Wild Life Station 1934 Roosevelt Wild Life Annals Charles E. Johnson SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.esf.edu/rwlsannals Part of the Animal Sciences Commons, Biodiversity Commons, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation Johnson, Charles E., "Roosevelt Wild Life Annals" (1934). Roosevelt Wild Life Annals. 8. https://digitalcommons.esf.edu/rwlsannals/8 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The Roosevelt Wild Life Station at Digital Commons @ ESF. It has been accepted for inclusion in Roosevelt Wild Life Annals by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ESF. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Cop/ Vol. VII July, 1934 No. 1 BULLETIN OF The New York State College of Forestry At Syracuse University Samuel N. Spring, Dean Roosevelt Wild Life Annals VOLUME 3 NUMBERS 3 AND 4 OF THE Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station PARASITES OF ONEIDA LAKE FISHES Part 3. A Biological and Ecological Survey of the Worm Parasites Part 4. Additional Notes on Parasites of Oneida Lake Fishes, including descriptions of new species CONTENTS OF RECENT ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE BULLETINS AND ANNALS BULLETINS Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1. February, 1925. 1. The Birds of the Yellowstone National Park Milton P. Skinner. 2. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 2. March, 1925. 1. The Muskrat in New York: Its Natural History and Economics, Charles E. Johnson. 2. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 3. September, 1926. 1. The Summer Birds of Central New York Marshes Aretas A. Saunders. 2. Additional Notes on the Summer Birds of Allegany State Park. Aretas A. .Saunders. 3. Current Station Notes Charles C. Adams. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 4. October, 1926. 1. The Economic and Social Importance of Animals in Forestry, . .Charles C. Adams 2. The Land—Economic Survey in Michigan R. A. Smith. 3. Current Station Notes Charles C. Adams. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 1. October, 1926. 1. The Relation of Birds to Woodlots in New York State Waldo L. McAtee. 2. Current Station Notes Charles C. Adams. (Out of print) Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 2. June, 1927. 1. The Predatory and Fur-bearing Animals of the Yellowstone National Park. Milton P. Skinner. 2. Current Station Notes Charles C. Adams. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 3. July, 1927. 1. A Trout Survey of the Allegany State Park in 1922. William C. Kendall and Wilford A. Dence. 2. A Preliminary Survey of the Fish Life of Allegany State Park in 1921. Thomas L. Hanlcinson. 3. Current Station Notes Charles C. Adams. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 4. July, 1927. 1. The Beaver in the Adirondacks : Its Economics and Natural History. Charles E. Johnson. Vol. VII July, 1934 No. 1 BULLETIN OF The New York State College of Forestry At Syracuse University Samuel N. Spring, Dean Roosevelt Wild Life Annals VOLUME 3 NUMBERS 3 AND 4 OF THE Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station Entered as second-class matter October 18, 1927, at the Post Office at -Syracuse, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912 : ANNOUNCEMENT The serial publications of the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station consist of the following 1. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin. 2. Roosevelt Wild Life Annals. The Bulletin is intended to include papers of general and popular interest on the various phases of forest wild life, and the Annals those of a more technical nature or having a less widespread interest. The editions of these publications are limited and do not permit of general free distribution. Exchanges are invited. Sale prices for the Station publications are based on the actual cost of printing and distribution in accordance with Chap- ter 220 of the Laws of 1933. Price lists will be furnished on request. All communications concerning publications should be addressed to The Director and Editor, Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station, Syracuse, New York Copyright, 1934, by Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station [156] TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY Ex Officio Dr. Charles W. Flint, ChanccUor Syracuse University Dr. Frank P. Gra\-es, Commissioner of Education Albany, N. Y. Hon. LiTHGOw Osborne, Conservation Commissioner Albany, N. Y. Hon. M. William Bray, Lieutenant-Governor Albany, N. Y. Appointed by the Governor Hon. George W. Driscoll Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Alfred E. Smith New York City Hon. William H. Kelley Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Edward H. O'Hara Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Charles A. Ui^on Lockport, N. Y. Hon. J. Henry Walters New York City Hon. Edmund H. Lewis Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. George W. Sisson, Jr Potsdam, N. Y. Officers of the Board Hon. Alfred E. Smith : President Hon. William H. Kelley Vice-President HONORARY ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE STATION Hon. Theodore Roosevelt New York City Mr. Kermit Roosevelt New York City Dr. George Bird Grinnell New York City Hon. Gifford Pinchot Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Chauncey J. Hamlin Buffalo, X. Y. Dr. George Shiras, 3rd Washington, D. C. Dr. Frank M. Chapman New York City Dean Henry S. Graves New Haven, Conn. [157] ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE STATION STAFF Samuel N. Spring, M.F Dean of the College Charles E. Johnson, A.M., Pli.D Director of the Station WiLFORD A. Dence, B.S Ichthyologist and Ass't Director Beatrice Weiskopf, B.S Secretary Temporary Appointments * Myron T. Townsend, Ph.D Field Naturalist Justus F. Mueller, Ph.D Field Naturalist Dayton Stoner, Ph.D Field Ornithologist Charles J. Spiker, M.A Field Naturalist LeRoy Stegeman, M.S Field Naturalist H. J. Van Cle.we, Ph.D Field Naturalist * Including only those who have made field investigations and whose reports are now in preparation. 1158] GENERAL CONTENTS Parasites of Oneida Lake Fishes. page Part IIL A biological and ecological survey of the worm parasites. 161 Harley J. Van Cleave and Justus F. Mueller Part IV. Additional studies on parasites of Oneida Lake fishes including descriptions of new species Justus F. Mueller 335 ILLUSTRATIONS (All illustrations, except plate 40, by junior author) FIGURES Fig. 1. Bucephalidae 189 Fig. 2. Crepidostomum cornutiim 201 Fig. 3. AUoglossidium 215 Fig. 4. Heterophyidae 220 Fig. 5. Heterophyidae 225 Fig. 6. Microphallus 228 Fig. 7. Clinostomum 233 Fig. 8. Tetracotyle, various species 247 Fig. 9. Azygia 258 PLATES Plate 28. Ancyrocephalus, Tetraonchus and Bucephalus 187 Plate 29. Phyllodistomum 195 Plate 30. Allocreadiidae 207 Plate 31. Diplostomum, various species 241 Plate 32. Neascus vancleavei (0 from various hosts 251 Plate 33. Cestodaria 263 Plate 34. Bothriocephalus, various species 269 Plate 35. Various cestodes 275 Plate 36. Various cestodes 279 Plate 37. Various cestodes 285 Plate 38. Various nematodes 295 Plate 39. Various nematodes 307 Plate 40. Acanthocephala of Oneida Lake fishes 315 Plate 41. Heterophyinae. Acelodextra amiuri and Centrovarium lobotes 339 Plate 42. Heterophyinae. Caecincola parvulus a.nd Cryptogonimus chyli 343 Plate 43. Neochasminae. Allacanthochasmus varius and AUacanthochasmus artus 347 Plate 44. Triganodistomum attenuatum, Triganodistomum simeri and Vietosoma parvum 353 Plate 45. Allocreadiidae. Allocreadium lobalum, Plagiocirrus primus, Plagioporus sinitsini a.nd Creplotrema funduli 357 Plate 46. Oclomacrum lanceatum and A nallocreadium pearsei 363 Plate 47. Cleidodiscus and Urocleidus 367 MAPS Map 1. Map of Oneida Lake At end [159] Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/rooseveltwildlif03unse_5 PARASITES OF ONEIDA LAKE FISHES PART III. A BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE WORM PARASITES * ** By Harley J. Van Cleave and Justus F. Mueller Field Naturalists, Roosevelt Wild Life Station CONTENTS page Section 1. Introduction 163 General considerations 163 The habitat 165 Methods 166 Collection of hosts 166 Examination of hosts 168 Killing and preserving 169 Staining and mounting 169 Summary of hosts examined 170 Literature on fish parasites 171 Biology of fish parasites 173 Mode of infestation 173 Effect upon the host .• 174 Fish parasites and human disease 175 Control measures 175 Section 2. Taxonomy and Biology of the Trematoda of Oneida Lake Fishes . 176 Artificial Key to the Genera of Adult Trematodes of Fresh-water Fishes of North America 177 Artificial Key to the Genera of Immature Trematodes of Fresh-water Fishes of North America 180 Order Monogenea 180 Family Gyrodactylidae 180 Order Digenea 185 Family Bucephalidae 185 Family Gorgoderidae 191 Family Plagiorchiidae 196 Family AUocreadiidae 197 Family Heterophyidae 216 Family MicrophalUdae 226 Family Clinostomidae 230 Family Sanguinicolidae 235 Family Strigeidae 236 Family Azygiidae 254 * Professor of Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. ** Assistant Professor of Zoology, New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, New York. [161] 162 Rooscz'clt Wild Life Annals PAGE Section 3. Taxonomy and Biology of the Cestoda of Oneida Lake Fishes . 259 Order Bothrioccphalidea 260 Family Caryophyllaeidae 260 Family Diphyllobothriidae 265 Family Bothriocephalidae 267 Family Triaenophoridae 271 Family Amphicotylidae 273 Order Tetrarhynchidea 276 Order Taeniidea 277 Family Proteocephalidae 280 Family Hymenolepididae 287 Section 4. Taxonomy