Cestodes of the genus Tetrabothrius (Tetrabothridea: Tetrabothriidae) from Antarctic flying seabirds

Ann Parasitol. 2019;65(4):423–426. doi: 10.17420/ap6504.230.

Abstract

Four species of the genus Tetrabothrius were reported from three species of Antarctic flying seabirds. There were: Tetrabothrius (Culmenamniculus) gracilis Nybelin, 1916 and Tetrabothrius (Oriana) minutus Szpotańska, 1917 from Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789); Tetrabothrius (Oriana) filiformis Nybelin, 1916 from Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 and Tetrabothrius (Culmenamniculus) cylindraceus Rudolphi, 1849 from Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi (Mathews, 1912). M. giganteus is a new host for T. (Culmenamniculus) gracilis and T. (Oriana) minutus, and L. dominicanus is a new host for T. (Oriana) filiformis. The South Shetland Islands are a new locality for T. (Oriana) minutus and T. (Culmenamniculus) gracilis

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Biodiversity
  • Birds / parasitology
  • Cestoda* / classification
  • Cestoda* / isolation & purification
  • Cestode Infections* / parasitology
  • Host Specificity