Table 1.

Groups of endo- and ectoparasite species and their site of infection in large whale species (Balaenopteridae, Physeteridae).

Parasite	Whale species				Site of infection
Blue whale	Sei whale	Fin whale	Sperm whale
Protozoa
Giardia		+	+		Small intestine
Entamoeba	+	+	+	Large intestine
Balantidium			+	Large intestine
Trematoda
Zalophotrema				+	Liver/pancreas
Ogmogaster	+	+	+		Stomach/intestine
Lecithodesmus	+	+	+		Stomach/intestine
Nasitrema	+	+	+		Nasal sinuses
Cestoda
Tetrabothrium	+	+	+	+	Small intestine
Tetrabothrius	+	+	+	+	Small intestine
Trigonocotyle	+	+	+	+	Small intestine
Priapocephalus	+	+	+	+	Small intestine
Diplogonoporus	+	+	+	+	Liver/intestine
Hexagonoporus	+	+	+	+	Small intestine
Phyllobotrium	+	+	+	+	Subdermis
Acanthocephala
Bolbosoma	+	+	+	+	Stomach/intestine
Corynosoma				+	Stomach/intestine
Nematoda
Anisakis	+	+	+	+	Stomach
Contracaecum	+	+	+		Stomach
Porrocaecum	+	+	+		Stomach
Placentonema				+	Uterus/kidney
Crassicauda	+	+	+		Uterus/kidney
Stenurus	+	+	+		Lungs
Arthropoda
Coronula	+	+	+	+	Skin/subdermis
Xenobalanus	+	+	+		Skin/subdermis
Penella	+	+	+		Skin/subdermis
Cyamus	+	+	+	+	Skin
Neocyamus	+	+	+	+	Skin
Agnatha (fish)
Entosphenus	+	+	+	+	Skin/subdermis