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- Title
New Record of Schistorophus cirripedesmi (Nematoda: Acuariidae) from a Bar-Tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica baueri (Charadriformes: Scolopacidae) in Korea.
- Authors
Seongjun Choe; Hyun Kim; Junsik Lim; Dongmin Lee; Hansol Park; Hyeong-Kyu Jeon; Heejong Kim; Youngjun Kim; Eom, Keeseon S.
- Abstract
In July 2014, a nematode species, Schistorophus cirripedesmi Rhizhikov and Khokhlova, 1964, was recovered from a bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica baueri that was stored in a -20°C freezer in the Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center. The bird was collected in 2012 from the coastal region of Pyeongtaek-si (City), Gyeonggi-do (Province) in the Republic of Korea, although the exact date is not clear. At necropsy, 9 nematodes were found in the gizzard of the bird. The parasites had 4 horn-like cephalic cuticular ornamentations. After morphometric comparison and morphological observations, including scanning electron microscopy, the nematodes were identified as S. cirripedesmi. This is the first description of a nematode species in a shorebird in Korea. This is also the first time this genus and species have been found in Korea.
- Subjects
NEMATODES; BIRD parasites; BAR-tailed godwit; GIZZARD; SCANNING electron microscopy; MORPHOMETRICS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2016, Vol 54, Issue 3, p349
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.349