In:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology, Korean Society for Parasitology, Vol. 58, No. 1 ( 2020-02-29), p. 81-86
Abstract:
Trematode specimens were collected from the intestine of a herring gull, 〈 i 〉 Larus argentatus 〈 /i 〉 , which was found in a critical condition on the shore of a small island (Yubu-do, Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do) located at the western coast of the Korean peninsula. Total 11 specimens of intestinal flukes, including 3 〈 i 〉 Cryptocotyle lingua 〈 /i 〉 (Heterophyidae), 1 〈 i 〉 Himasthla alincia 〈 /i 〉 (Echinostomatidae), 5 〈 i 〉 Cardiocephaloides medioconiger 〈 /i 〉 (Strigeidae), and 2 〈 i 〉 Diplostomum spathaceum 〈 /i 〉 (Diplostomidae), were recovered. 〈 i 〉 C. lingua 〈 /i 〉 was morphologically characterized by the presence of a large ventrogenital apparatus and 2 obliquely tandem testes. 〈 i 〉 H. alincia 〈 /i 〉 had an elongated body and a head collar equipped with 31 collar spines. 〈 i 〉 C. medioconiger 〈 /i 〉 had a bisegmented body and a voluminous copulatory bursa containing the seminal vesicle and ejaculatory duct. 〈 i 〉 D. spathaceum 〈 /i 〉 also had a bisegmented body and its vitellaria extended up to the anterior border of the tribocytic organ. It is of note that 〈 i 〉 C. lingua 〈 /i 〉 is potentially zoonotic that can occur in birds and humans. Three of them, i.e., 〈 i 〉 C. lingua 〈 /i 〉 , 〈 i 〉 C. medioconiger 〈 /i 〉 , and 〈 i 〉 D. spathaceum 〈 /i 〉 , are new trematode fauna in Korea. Studies on trematode fauna of migratory birds should be continued in Korea.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0023-4001
,
1738-0006
DOI:
10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.81
Language:
English
Publisher:
Korean Society for Parasitology
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2163174-8
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