During investigations of digenetic fluke diseases of aquaculture fish, 11 digeneans (Apharyngostrigea simplex, Apharyngostrigea cornu, Diplostomum compactum, Diplostomum spathaceum, Posthodiplostomum minimum, Hysteromorpha triloba, Clinostomum marginatum, Drepanocephalus spathans, Mesorchis denticulatus, Microparyphium facetum, and Notocotylus pacifera) were collected from 5 species of piscivorous birds (Ardea herodias, Fulica americana, Larus delawarensis, Nycticorax nycticorax, and Phalacrocorax auritus) from North Carolina, U.S.A. Apharyngostrigea simplex from A. herodias represents a new host record. Diplostomum spathaceum, P. minimum, C. marginatum, and M. denticulatus have previously been reported from North Carolina; the remainder represent new locality records.
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1 July 2004
Digeneans Collected from Piscivorous Birds in North Carolina, U.S.A
James R. Flowers,
Matthew F. Poore,
Jim E. Mullen,
Michael G. Levy
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Apharyngostrigea cornu
Apharyngostrigea simplex
Ardea herodias
avian hosts
Clinostomum marginatum
Digenea
Diplostomum compactum