Helminths of shorebirds from the Texas Gulfcoast. I. Digenetic trematodes from the long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus. Academic Article

abstract

• Trematodes found in 10 Numenius americanus from the Galveston area included Pelmatostomum americanum sp. n. (Echinostomatidae) from the intestine; Paratrema numenii gen. et sp. n. (Philophthalmidae) from the Bursa Fabricii and lower intestine; and the following previously known species, all representing new host records: Maritrema arenaria and Probolocorphye glandulosa (Microphallidae); Lyperosomum oswaldoi and L. sinuosum (Dicrocoeliidae); Cyclocoelum obscurum (Cyclocoelidae); Himasthla rhigedana (Echinostomatidae); and Parorchis acanthus (Philophthalmidae). New taxa are diagnosed and H. rhigedana is redescribed.

authors

• Dronen, Norman

published proceedings

• J Parasitol

author list (cited authors)

• Dronen, N. O., & Badley, J. E.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Dronen, NO||Badley, JE

publication date

• August 1979

publisher

• JSTOR  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Parasitology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Birds
• Texas
• Trematoda

PubMed Central ID

• 512758

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/3280335

start page

• 645

end page

• 649

volume

• 65

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.2307%2F3280335