A partial survey of the trematodes of Manitoba water and shore birds

Abstract

Thirty seven trematode species are described from twenty six separate bird hosts. Six new species as well as six undetermined species are included. A new genus, Xenisma, is proposed for a new species belonging to the isolated genera of the family Echinostomatidae. The six new species are: Parastrigea neorobusta, Cotylurus mcleodi, Stephanoprora lari, Xenisma wardlei, Echinostoma platyrhynchi, and Echinostoma manitobensis. The undetermined species are: Mesostephanus sp., Plagiorchis sp. 1, Plagiorchis sp. 2, Astiotrema sp., Hindia sp., and Haematrotrephus sp.