<i>HELMINTH-PARASITES OF ARDEIDAE IN VALENCIA (SPAIN)</i>

Authors

  • María Luz Nogueserola
  • Pilar Navarro
  • Javier Lluch
Keywords: ardeidae, trematoda, nematodo, cestoda

Abstract

The helminthological study of 65 specimens of different valencian community Ardeidae: Ixobrychus minutes (Linnaeus, 1766), Nycticorax Nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758), Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758), Egretta Garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) , Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 and Ardea Purpurea Linnaeus, 1766, showed the parasitation of these host by five trematodes: Nephrostomum sp., Ribeiroia ondatrae (Price, 1931), Prosthogonimus ovatus (Rudolphi, 1803), Euclinostomum heterostomum (Rudolphi, 1808) and Apharyngostrigea cornu (Zeder,1800), two cestodes: Cyclophyllidea gen.sp. and Neogryporhynchus cheilancristrotus (Wedl, 1855) and six nematodes: Capillariidae gen. sp., Contracaecum Yamaguti Mawson,1956, Desportesius spinulatus (Chabaud et Campana, 1949), Desmidocercella numidica (Seurat,1920), Microtetrameres Spiralis (Seurat,1915) and Avioserpens galliardi Chabaud et Campana, 1949. The parasites Nephrostomum sp., Ribeiroia ondatrae, Prosthogonimus ovatus, Euclinostomum heterostomum, Contracaecum yamaguti, Desportesius spinulatus and Avioserpens galliardi, constitute the first spanish records.

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Author Biographies

María Luz Nogueserola

Universidad de Valencia

Pilar Navarro

Universidad de Valencia

Javier Lluch

Universidad de Valencia
How to Cite
Nogueserola, M. L., Navarro, P., & Lluch, J. (2002). <i>HELMINTH-PARASITES OF ARDEIDAE IN VALENCIA (SPAIN)</i>. Anales de Biología, (24), 139–144. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/31511
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