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Episthmium everardi sp.n. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) from a great kiskadee, Pitangus sulfuratus, in Trinidad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Thomas A. Rutledge ,
Gerald D. Schmidt  and
Elisha S. Tikasingh
Thomas A. Rutledge
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639, USA
Gerald D. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639, USA
Elisha S. Tikasingh
Affiliation:
Carribean Epidemiology Centre, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI
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Abstract

Episthmium everardi sp.n. is described from a bird, Pitangus sulfuratus, from Trinidad, W.I. It differs from all other species in the genus in having 20 circumoral spines, each 20 to 22 long, and in the shape of the body, which is attenuated at its anterior end.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , December 1977 , pp. 313 - 315
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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