Author:
Lee Young-Il,Seo Min,Chai Jong-Yil
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.
Publisher
Korean Society for Parasitology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Parasitology
Cited by
7 articles.
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