Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)

During the summer of 2013, several specimens of <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) were found dead from unknown causes, in lakes from the endorheic system "Encadenadas del Oeste", Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Two species of Nematoda were recovered from the...

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Autores principales: Núñez, María Verónica, Drago, Fabiana Beatriz, Digiani, María Celina, Lunaschi de Redolatti, Lía Inés
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Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/103796
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Acuariidae
Tetrameridae
Tetrameres (Tetrameres) salina n. sp.
Echinuria skrjabinensis
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Argentina
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Acuariidae
Tetrameridae
Tetrameres (Tetrameres) salina n. sp.
Echinuria skrjabinensis
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Argentina
Núñez, María Verónica
Drago, Fabiana Beatriz
Digiani, María Celina
Lunaschi de Redolatti, Lía Inés
Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Acuariidae
Tetrameridae
Tetrameres (Tetrameres) salina n. sp.
Echinuria skrjabinensis
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Argentina
description During the summer of 2013, several specimens of <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) were found dead from unknown causes, in lakes from the endorheic system "Encadenadas del Oeste", Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Two species of Nematoda were recovered from the proventriculus, one of them new for science. The tetramerid <i>Tetrameres (Tetrameres) salina</i> n. sp. is mainly characterized by having reduced pseudolabia, lips absent, six bifid teeth, males with lateral alae, four rows of somatic spines and length ratio of spicules 1:12–32, and large females with eggs lacking polar filaments. The acuariid, <i>Echinuria skrjabinensis</i> is described and illustrated, this finding represent the second report of this nematode in Argentina and the first record in flamingos. This is the first record of helminths parasitizing wild Chilean Flamingos, but it is not possible to ensure that they accomplish their life cycle in this system of lakes, because the migratory movements of the population of flamingos studied are unknown.
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author Núñez, María Verónica
Drago, Fabiana Beatriz
Digiani, María Celina
Lunaschi de Redolatti, Lía Inés
author_facet Núñez, María Verónica
Drago, Fabiana Beatriz
Digiani, María Celina
Lunaschi de Redolatti, Lía Inés
author_sort Núñez, María Verónica
title Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)
title_short Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)
title_full Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)
title_fullStr Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)
title_full_unstemmed Nematode parasites of the Chilean Flamingo, <i>Phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (Phoenicopteridae) from Central Argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>Tetrameres</i> (Tetrameridae)
title_sort nematode parasites of the chilean flamingo, <i>phoenicopterus chilensis</i> (phoenicopteridae) from central argentina, with a description of a new species of <i>tetrameres</i> (tetrameridae)
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/103796
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