A redescription of Aporchis continuus McCauley and Pratt 1960 (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) with new host and geographic records

Aporchis continuus McCauley and Pratt 1960, (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) is redescribed. It is reported for the first time from the glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens Naumann, and the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla pollicaris Ridgway, in the Gulf of Alaska.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Hoberg, Eric P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1981
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Gulf of Alaska
Pratt
McCauley
Black-legged Kittiwake
rissa tridactyla
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z81-004
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z81-004
Description
Summary:Aporchis continuus McCauley and Pratt 1960, (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) is redescribed. It is reported for the first time from the glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens Naumann, and the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla pollicaris Ridgway, in the Gulf of Alaska.

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