On a New Trematode Allechinostomum renale sp. nov. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidæ), from Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

1 June 1954

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology

Vol. 28 (3-4) , 159-164
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x0003282x

Abstract

An echinostome obtained from the kidney of the North American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos is described as a new species, Allechinostomum renale.Allechinostomum is regarded as a valid genus.A differential key to the four-known species of the genus is appended.

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