title: Andracantha tunitae (Acanthocephala) in the shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) from Shetland, Scotland.
abstract: Following the wreck of the oil tanker Braer on the coast of Shetland, Scotland, in January 1993, many shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) were killed. Sixty-nine per cent of these birds were found to harbor a sexually mature acanthocephalan (5 +/- 4.3 [SE] worms per infected bird) in their small intestines. The acanthocephalan has been identified as Andracantha tunitae (= Corynosoma tunitae) on the basis of its characteristic fields of trunk spines and their distribution in the region of the genital aperture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Crompton
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Stoddart
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012606:Scotland