Parasites from an Atlantic bottle‐nose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), and a revised checklist of parasites of this host

Helminth parasites were recovered from a male Atlantic bottle‐nose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) found dead in Otago Harbour, South Island, New Zealand. The dolphin was found to have a kidney neoplasm. The parasites found were: Synthesium tursionis (Digenea); Anisakis simplex, Skrjabinalius cryptocephalus, Stenurus ovatus (Nematoda); Bolbosoma sp. (Acanthocephala); Phyllobothrium sp. (Cestoda). Skrjabinalius cryptocephalus is reported from this host for the first time; Synthesium tursionis and Skrjabinalius cryptocephalus are reported from the Southern Hemisphere for the first time. A checklist of the parasites of the Atlantic bottle‐nose dolphin is included. Voucher specimens have been deposited in the National Museum, Wellington, New Zealand.