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Echinostomatidae (Looss, 1899) Poche 1926

Description

Family Echinostomatidae (Looss, 1899) Poche, 1926

Aporchis Stossich, 1905

Aporchis sp.

Location: small intestine. Locality: Talcahuano (Chile).

Reference: Present study.

Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809

Echinostoma revolutum (Froelich, 1802) Location: jejunum.

Locality: Otago Peninsula (New Zealand). Life history: H1: Gastropods, H2: Insects and Tadpoles. Reference: Latham & Poulin (2002).

Echinoparyphium Dietz, 1909

Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Linstow, 1873) Location: rectum.

Locality: Otago Peninsula (New Zealand). Life history: H1: Gastropods. H2: Insects and Tadpoles. Reference: Latham & Poulin (2002).

Himasthla Dietz, 1909

Himasthla escamosa Diaz & Cremonte, 2004

Other host: Larus atlanticus Olrog.

Location: small intestine.

Localities: Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province (Argentina). Talcahuano (Chile). Reference: Diaz & Cremonte (2004), La Sala et al. (2009). Present study.

Stephanoprora Odhner, 1902

Stephanoprora sp.

Location: small intestine.

Localities: San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro Province, and Rosario Lake, Chubut Province (Argentina).

Reference: Kreiter & Semenas (1997).

Stephanoprora brachyrhynchus Gupta, 1963

Syn.: Beaverostomum brachyrhynchus sensu Labriola & Suriano, 2001

Other host: L. maculipennis.

Location: small intestine.

Localities: Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province (Argentina).

References: Labriola & Suriano (2001) (see discussion), Ostrowski de Nuñez et al. (2004). Stephanoprora uruguayense Holcman-Spector & Olague, 1989

Syns: Stephanoprora dogieli Holcman-Spector & Olague, 1989

S. podicipei Etchegoin & Martorelli, 1997, S. denticulata sensu Torres, Figueroa & Valdivia, 1983.

Other hosts: L. maculipennis, Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot.

Experimental host: Gallus gallus domesticus (L.).

Location: small intestine.

Localities: Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Orense beach and Mar del Plata city, Buenos Aires Province; Andean Patagonian Lakes (Argentina). Uruguay. Valdivia and Lingue Rivers. Lakes: Llanquihue, Todos los Santos, Rupanco, Puyehue, Villarrica, Caburga, Yelcho, Tagua Tagua, Yaldad (Chile).

Life history: H1: unknown. H2: Galaxias maculatus Jenyns, (natural host) from Gutiérrez Lake, Río Negro Province and Verde Lake, Neuquén Province (Argentina); metacercariae in gills.

References: Torres et al. (1983, 1991 (a), 1992, 1993), Etchegoin & Martorelli (1997b), Cremonte et al. (1999a), Labriola & Suriano (2001), Ostrowski de Nuñez et al. (2004).

Notes

Published as part of González-Acuña, Daniel, Cerda, Fabiola, López, Juana, Ortega, René, Mathieu, Christian & Kinsella, Mike, 2009, Checklist of the helminths of the kelp gull, Larus dominicanus (Aves: Laridae), with new records from Chile, pp. 27-43 in Zootaxa 2297 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191612

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References

  • Latham, A. D. M. & Poulin, R. (2002) New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 29, 253 - 257.
  • La Sala, L. F., Martorelli, S. R., Alda, P., & Marcotegui, P. (2009) Some Digeneans from Olrog´s Gull Larus atlanticus Olrog, 1958 (Aves: Laridae) from the Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina. Comparative Parasitology, 76, 113 - 116.
  • Kreiter, A. & Semenas, L. (1997) Helmintos parasitos de Larus dominicanus en la Patagonia Argentina. Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia, 52, 39 - 42.
  • Labriola, J. B. & Suriano, D. M. (2001) Community structure of parasitic helminths of birds of the genus Larus from Mar del Plata, Argentina. Vie et Milieu, 51, 67 - 76.
  • Torres, P., Figueroa, L. & Saldivia, A. (1983) Stephanoprora denticulata (Trematoda, Echinostomidae) en gaviotas del sur de Chile. Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia, 38, 33 - 34.
  • Etchegoin, J. A. & Martorelli, S. R. (1997 b) A new species of the genus Stephanoprora Odhner, 1902 (Digenea, Echinostomatidae) from Argentina. Acta Parasitologica, 42, 74 - 76.
  • Cremonte, F., Etchegoin, J. A. & Martorelli, S. R. (1999 a) Nuevos hospedadores de los digeneos Maritrema bonarensis (Microphallidae) y Stephanoprora podicipei (Echinostomatidae) en Argentina. Stephanoprora manei Holcman- Spector & Olague, 1986 como un nomen nudum. Neotropica, 45, 105 - 107.