Fredensborg et al.—Gut helminths from red-billed gulls
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Eight species of gastrointestinal helminths were obtained from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus Forster, 1844) from Otago Peninsula, of which six were new host records. One of these, Maritrema novaezelandensis (Trematoda), was a species new to science which is being described elsewhere; the other five were Curtuteria australis (Trematoda), Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Trematoda), Cladogynia latovarium (Cestoda), Capillaria sp. (Nematoda), and Profilicollis novaezelandensis (Acanthocephala). Cladogynia latovarium (Cestoda) and Capillaria sp. (Nematoda) were present in 14 of the 16 birds.
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