New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus) in New Zealand
A. David M. Latham*
Robert Poulin
Department of Zoology
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
email: valhalla_sf@yahoo.co.nz
*Author for correspondence.
Abstract Nine species of gastrointestinal helminths were found in southern black-backed gulls (Larus dominicanus Lichstenstein, 1823) from Otago Peninsula. Eight of these, Parorchis acanthus, Echinostoma revolutum and Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Trematoda), Dildotaenia latovarium and Hymenolepis alaskensis (Cestoda), Sciadiocara tarapunga (Nematoda), and Profilicollis antarcticus and P. novaezelandensis (Acanthocephala), are new records in this host species in New Zealand. A second nematode species present, Cosmocephalus tanakai, has been reported from L. dominicanus previously.
Keywords acanthocephalans; cestodes; trematodes; nematodes; Larus dominicanus; southern black-backed gull; Otago Peninsula
Z01038 Received 25 October 2001; accepted 18 March 2002; published 9 September 2002
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2002, Vol. 29: 253–257
0301–4223/02/2903–0253 $7.00/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2002
PDF file of entire paper: Print-quality (56K) | screen-quality (49K)
This year's abstracts |
Journal home page |
All abstracts |
Publishing home page
