New Host Records of Arthropod Parasites from Sea Birds in Hokkaido, Japan

One species of pentastomid (Reighardia sternae) was found from a kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in Hokkaido I., Japan. This parasite species and one species of hypoderatid (Hypodectes sp.) were obtained from a crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) in this island. A case of Hypodectes sp. was the first r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: NAKAMURA Shigeru, MORITA Tohru, ASAKAWA Mistuhiko
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 日本野生動物医学会 2003
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Online Access:https://rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2332
http://hdl.handle.net/10659/4761
https://rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2332&item_no=1&attribute_id=21&file_no=1
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Summary:One species of pentastomid (Reighardia sternae) was found from a kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in Hokkaido I., Japan. This parasite species and one species of hypoderatid (Hypodectes sp.) were obtained from a crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) in this island. A case of Hypodectes sp. was the first record of the order Charadriformes. 北海道産ミツユビカモメ(Rissa tridactyla)およびエトロフウミスズメ(Aethia cristatella)から,舌虫Reighardia sternaeの未熟虫体が得られ,同じく北海道産エトロフウミスズメからヒカダニ科Hypodectes sp. のヒポプスが発見された.Hypodectes sp. の例はチドリ目で初記録となった。