A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull
Parorchis acanthus is a Trematode described by Nicoll (1907) from the bursa Fabricii and rectum of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus in 1906 he first described it as Zeugorchis acanthus . Originally found at St. Andrews, it is now known to be common at Millport and also occurs in gulls from the Nor...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315400009838 2024-02-27T08:42:37+00:00 A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull Lebour, Marie V. Elmhirst, Richard 1922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400009838 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400009838 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 12, issue 4, page 829-832 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 1922 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400009838 2024-02-08T08:49:39Z Parorchis acanthus is a Trematode described by Nicoll (1907) from the bursa Fabricii and rectum of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus in 1906 he first described it as Zeugorchis acanthus . Originally found at St. Andrews, it is now known to be common at Millport and also occurs in gulls from the Northumberland coast, and probably is abundant elsewhere. Nicoll found it once in the Common Gull, Larus canus . In 1907 (Lebour, 1907) one of the present writers described a cercaria occurring in rediæ from Purpura lapillus . This was named Cercaria purpurœ sp. inq., and afterwards identified with young stages of Parorchis acanthus in the Herring Gull (Lebour, 1914). It was thus shown that the first host of this Trematode is Purpura lapillus and the final host the Herring Gull, but the intermediate host was unknown. Localities for the cercaria were Loch Ryan, Wigtownshire; Budle Bay, Fenham Flats and Cullercoats in Northumberland; Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire; and Millport. Adults occur at St. Andrews, Northumberland coast and Millport, as already stated. The Cercaria appeared to be closely related to Echinostomum cercariæ, and it was suggested (Lebour, 1914) that the intermediate host would probably be some marine bivalve, as it is often so with Echinostomum (e.g. E. secundum in Mytilus edulis and Cardium edule, E. leptosomum in Scrobicularia tenuis ). This suggestion now proves to be correct, and we are able to show that the intermediate host of Parorchis acanthus is Mytilus edulis or Cardium edule . On August 13th, 1921, at the Millport Station some larval cercariæ were noticed by Elmhirst swimming in a small glass aquarium, which contained a collection of Purpura lapillus, Cardium edule and Mytilus edulis . Article in Journal/Newspaper Larus canus Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 12 4 829 832 |
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Parorchis acanthus is a Trematode described by Nicoll (1907) from the bursa Fabricii and rectum of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus in 1906 he first described it as Zeugorchis acanthus . Originally found at St. Andrews, it is now known to be common at Millport and also occurs in gulls from the Northumberland coast, and probably is abundant elsewhere. Nicoll found it once in the Common Gull, Larus canus . In 1907 (Lebour, 1907) one of the present writers described a cercaria occurring in rediæ from Purpura lapillus . This was named Cercaria purpurœ sp. inq., and afterwards identified with young stages of Parorchis acanthus in the Herring Gull (Lebour, 1914). It was thus shown that the first host of this Trematode is Purpura lapillus and the final host the Herring Gull, but the intermediate host was unknown. Localities for the cercaria were Loch Ryan, Wigtownshire; Budle Bay, Fenham Flats and Cullercoats in Northumberland; Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire; and Millport. Adults occur at St. Andrews, Northumberland coast and Millport, as already stated. The Cercaria appeared to be closely related to Echinostomum cercariæ, and it was suggested (Lebour, 1914) that the intermediate host would probably be some marine bivalve, as it is often so with Echinostomum (e.g. E. secundum in Mytilus edulis and Cardium edule, E. leptosomum in Scrobicularia tenuis ). This suggestion now proves to be correct, and we are able to show that the intermediate host of Parorchis acanthus is Mytilus edulis or Cardium edule . On August 13th, 1921, at the Millport Station some larval cercariæ were noticed by Elmhirst swimming in a small glass aquarium, which contained a collection of Purpura lapillus, Cardium edule and Mytilus edulis . |
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A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull |
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A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull |
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A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull |
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A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull |
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A Contribution towards the Life History of Parorchis acanthus Nicoll, A Trematode in the Herring Gull |
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