Abstract

GONZALEZ-ACUNA, DANIEL; KINSELLA, JOHN M; LARA, JONATHAN  and  VALENZUELA-DELLAROSSA, GUSTAVO. GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN HUMBOLDT'S PENGUIN (Spheniscus humboldti) AND MAGELLANIAN PENGUIN (Spheniscus magellanicus) IN COASTS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE. Parasitol. latinoam. [online]. 2008, vol.63, n.1-2-3-4, pp. 58-63. ISSN 0717-7712.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-77122008000100010.

Twelve parasitic necropsies were performed on penguins from coast of Central and South Central Chile, yielding helminths Tetrabothrius lutzi, T. eudyptidis, Cardiocephaloides physalis, Contracaecum pelagicum, C. heardi andAscaridia sp. in magellanian penguin, and T. eudyptidis, C. physalis and Contracaecum pelagicum in humboldt 's penguin. New records were found of T. eudyptidis, C. pelagicum and C. heardi in Chile. C. physalis andAscaridia sp. represent new parasitic species in the magellanic penguin.

Keywords : Parasites of Spheniscus humboldti; Spheniscus magellanicus; Survey.