title: Dichoanotaenia multifilamenta sp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from the black turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors), in Alaska.
abstract: Dichoanotaenia multifilamenta sp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from the Black Turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors), in Alaska is described. This cestode is distinguished from other species of the genus Dichoanotaenia López-Neyra 1944 mainly by the structure of the cirrus and of the egg.
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology