First Report on Anisakid Nematodes from South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki) in James Ross Island, Antarctica

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MAŠOVÁ Šárka JASINSKÝ Aleš CIVÁŇOVÁ Kristína KOSINA Marcel SEDLÁČEK Ivo

Year of publication 2015
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Description A new locality and morphological study of anisakid nematode parasites collected from the South Polar Skua [Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders, 1893), Stercorariidae] in James Ross Island, was reported. We examined one skua's regurgitated pellet. Among others parasite, 53 adults and larvae of genus Contracaecum Railliet et Henry, 1912 were found. Nematodes from family Anisakidae are cosmopolitan parasites of fish-eating avifauna.
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