New Annotated Records of Helminth Parasites, Mostly from North America, with Light Microscopy. I. Trematoda (Digenea), Cestoda, Nematoda

Authors: Omar M Amin * and Nataliya Yu Rubtsova

DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000507

Volume 6, Issue 5

Abstract

We give an account of 13 species of trematode, cestode, and nematode parasites collected from various hosts in different geographical locations mostly in North America. Each species account is annotated and morphologically presented using light microscopy showing characteristic diagnostic features. None of these accounts has been previously published. All geographical records and many host associations are new. This treatment includes the digeneans Brachylaima fuscatum (Rudolphi, 1819), and Echinostomum coalitum Barker and Beaver 1915, the cestodes Anonchotaenia quiscali Rausch & Morgan, 1947), Choanotaenia musculosa (Fuhrmann, 1896), Isoglaridacris calentinei Mackiewicz, 1974, Isoglaridacris chetekensis Williams, 1977, Isoglaridacris folius Fredrickson and Ulmer, 1965, Isoglaridacris longus, Fredrickson and Ulmer, 1965, Nybelinia Poche, 1926, and the nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) Dujardin, 1845 type I, Camallanus ancylodirus Ward and Magath, 1916, Rhabdochona cascadilla Wigdor, 1918, and Subulura Molin, 1860.

Keywords: Digenea; Cestoda; Nematoda; Wildlife; Descriptions; Distribution; Light Microscopy

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