The Trematode Parasites of the Sheathbill, Chionis alba (Gmelin), from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Authors: Jones, N. V., Williams, I. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1968
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; General Medicine; Parasitology; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Chionis; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00027243; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022149X00027243

This paper reports on two species of digenetic trematodes, namely Gymnophallus deliciosus (Olsson, 1893) and Notocotylus chionis Baylis, 1928, from Sheathbills collected on Signy Island.(lat. 60° 43' S., long. 45° 36' W.), South Orkney Islands, in July and October 1965 by Mr Charles Howie of the British Antarctic Survey. The birds were preserved in deep-freeze and later passed to us for examination. An account of the cestode parasites of these birds has been given previously (Jones & Williams, 1967).