STOMACH NEMATODES OF THE SHOVELER ANAS CLYPEATA LINNAEUS, 1758 (ANSERIFORMES:ANATIDAE) WINTERING IN IRAQ

Azhar A. Al-Moussawi

Azhar A. Al-Moussawi Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Keywords: Iraq, Shoveler, Spirurid nematodes, Amidostomoides acutum,Epomidiostomum uncinatum, Tetrameres sp.

Abstract

Three Spirurid nematodes: Amidostomoides acutum (Lundahl,1848) Seurat, 1918, Epomidiostomum uncinatum (Lundahl,1848) Seurat, 1918 and Tetrameres sp. Creplin,1846 were isolated from the stomach (provenrticulus and gizzard) of the shoveler Anas clypeata from central Iraq. A brief description, morphometric and meristic characters for the nematodes were provided.Incidence of the three nematodes discussed with pertinent literatures.

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