dichoanotaenia multifilamenta sp. n. (cestoda: dilepididae) from the black turnstone, arenaria melanocephala (vigors), in alaska. | dichoanotaenia multifilamenta sp. n. (cestoda: dilepididae) from the black turnstone, arenaria melanocephala (vigors), in alaska is described. this cestode is distinguished from other species of the genus dichoanotaenia lópez-neyra 1944 mainly by the structure of the cirrus and of the egg. | 1980 | 7193243 |
wardium canarisi n. sp. (cestoda: hymenolepididae) parasite of arenaria melanocephala (aves: charadrii) of alaska. | the authors describe and illustrate wardium canarisi n. sp. (cestoda: hymenolepididae), an intestinal parasite of arenaria melanocephala (aves: charadrii) from alaska, characterised by a strobila 20-40 mm long, 10 aploparaksoid hooks 19-21 microm long, a short cylindrical cirrus (40 microm) covered with very minute spines (0.2 microm), and a short (8-18 microm) and extremely narrow (1 microm) copulatory vagina. these characters have no equivalent, even approximate, among the 27 species of wardiu ... | 2000 | 10845655 |
helminth communities of three sympatric species of shorebirds (charadrii) from four summer seasons at bristol bay, alaska. | helminth communities in sympatric black turnstones (arenaria melanocephala), ruddy turnstones (arenaria interpres), and dunlin (calidris alpina) were examined over 4 summers in bristol bay, alaska. the compound community, made up of component communities of all 3 species of hosts for 4 summer seasons (n=164), consisted of 43 helminth species, with cestodes, especially anomotaenia clavigera, accounting for 47% of the helminth species and 95% of the abundance. the black turnstone had significantly ... | 2007 | 17626338 |