HELMINTHFAUNA OF MAGELLANIC PENGUIN (SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS FOSTER, 1781) PROCEEDING FROM ILHA COMPRIDA, SOUTH COAST, STATE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

• Autores: Barbosa de Medeiros do Prado, Maria Izabel, dos Santos-Lopes, Ana Rita, da Silva, Reinaldo José
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.unfv.edu.pe:article/1035
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unfv.edu.pe/NH/article/view/1035
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Cestoda; Helminthes; Nematoda; Marine birds; Parasitic diseases; Trematoda.; Aves marinas; Enfermedades parasitarias; Helmintos

The present study aims to identify the helminth fauna of Spheniscus magellanicus Foster, 1781 from themunicipality of Ilha Comprida, southern São Paulo State. A total of 28 individuals were analyzed,resulting in an identification of three helminth species: Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston &Mawson, 1942, Cardiocephaloides physalis Sudarikov, 1959 and Tetrabotrium lutzi Parona, 1901.Contracaecum pelagicum and C. physalis were core species, while T. lutzi was considered a satellitespecies. All individuals examined were infected with at least one species (overall prevalence = 100%).The host specimens were all juveniles and the infection may be associated with food items eaten duringmigration to the Brazilian Coast.