title: New records and descriptions of digeneans from the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster) (Aves: Sphenisciformes) on the coast of Brazil.
abstract: Five species of digeneans parasitic in the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster) from off the Brazilian coast of the western Atlantic are reported for the first time from this host and described. These are Mesostephanus odhneri (Travassos, 1924) Lutz, 1935, Posthodiplostomum macrocotyle Dubois, 1937, Stephanoprora uruguayensis Holcman-Spector & Olagüe, 1989, Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom, 1920 and Ascocotyle (Phagicola) sp. One other digenean, Cardiocephaloides physalis (Lutz, 1926) Sudarikov, 1959, was also recorded. The taxonomy of the species and available data on their life-cycles are commented upon in relation to the possible origins of digenean infections of the Magellanic penguin.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, CP 74508, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro 23851-970, Brazil. brandaomarthal@gmail.com
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kostadinova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry; D001938:Brazil; D008853:Microscopy; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*