| description and proposed life cycle of maritrema novaezealandensis n. sp. (microphallidae) parasitic in red-billed gulls, larus novaehollandiae scopulinus, from otago harbor, south island, new zealand. | maritrema novaezealandensis n. sp. is described from otago harbor, south island, new zealand, on the basis of adult specimens collected from the red-billed gull, larus novaehollandiae scopulinus, and excysted metacercariae obtained from crabs. it belongs to the "eroliae group" and differs from other related species mainly in the shape, size, and patterns of distributions of the spines on the cirrus, the shape of the metraterm, the presence of an unlobed ovary, and the complete ring of the vitell ... | 2004 | 15165049 |