CEPAVE   05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Gastrointestinal helminths of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) from Stranger Point, 25 de mayo Island, Antarctica.
Autor/es:
JULIA INÉS DIAZ & BRUNO FUSARO & LUCRECIA LONGARZO & NÉSTOR RUBÉN CORIA & VIRGINIA VIDAL & SILVIA JEREZ & JUANA ORTIZ & ANDRÉS BARBOSA
Revista:
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2013 vol. 112 p. 1877 - 1881
ISSN:
0932-0113
Resumen:
The aim of this work is to contribute to the knowledge of gastrointestinal parasites of the Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) from 25 de Mayo/King George Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica). Gastrointestinal tracts of 37 fresh dead individuals (21 chicks, 10 juveniles, and 6 adults) were collected from December 2006 to February 2012 and examined for macroparasites. Four adult parasite species were found: one Cestoda species (Parorchites zederi), two Nematoda species (Stegophorus macronectes and Tetrameres wetzeli), and one Acanthocephalan (Corynosoma shackletoni). Two species of immature acanthocephalans, Corynosoma hamanni and Corynosoma bullosum, were found in a single host. This is the first record of Tetrameres wetzeli in Gentoo penguins. The low parasite richness observed could be related to the stenophagic and pelagic diet of this host species which feeds almost exclusively on krill.