The blood fluke Ornithobilharzia canaliculata (Rudolphi, 1819) (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from the gull Larus dominicanus at Lyttelton, New Zealand

1984/01/01 by S. Rind, Rind, Shirley
Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Bird parasitology and diseases #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.26021/452

openalex publication_date 1984/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

ornithobilharzia canaliculata, one of the causes of schistosome dermatitis in man in Florida, U.S.A. is recorded and described from New Zealand.Specimens measured were within the size range reported from elsewhere.

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