The acanthocephalan Echinorhynchus lageniformis Ekbaum,
1938, is a common intestinal parasite of the starry flounder, Platichthys
stellatus (Pallas), of Yaquina Bay, Lincoln Co., Oregon. Three
hundred and sixty-one flounders were examined and 146 (40.5 percent)
were found to harbor infections of E. lageniformis.
Cystacanths of E. lageniformis were found encysted...
"An investigation to obtain further information on the effects of underwater explosions on flatfish and crabs was conducted offshore in coastal marine waters of Oregon on September 6 and 7, 1962. The study was conducted by the Oregon Fish Commission and financed by several companies presently engaged in oil seismic...