| finding of pentastomes of genus reighardia (pentastomida) in the belcher's gull (larus belcheri). | this report describes the finding of reighardia sp. (pentastomida) infecting the air sac of two belcher's gulls (larus belcheri) found dead on the beaches of pucusana, a district in southern lima, peru. three pentastomes were collected from two belcher's gulls. then, they were morphologically and molecular analyzed. molecular characterization of the parasite was achieved by amplifying a fragment of the small subunit ribosomal rna gene (ssu rrna). based on both morphological and molecular data th ... | 2016 | 26892103 |
| morphological and molecular assessment of pentastomes from gulls in portugal. | during 2016, 153 gulls, including 64 larus fuscus and 89 larus michahellis, were found crippled in south portugal, died in wildlife rehabilitation and investigation center-rias, and were necropsied. reighardia sternae infected 2 (3%, n = 64) l. fuscus and 4 (4%, n = 89) l. michahellis. molecular analysis confirmed the morphological identification based on total body length, maximum body width, length of anterior and posterior hooks, total length of oral aparatus, and other features of oral apara ... | 2017 | 28665257 |