Gulf of Mexico, southeastern United States and the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea
Habitat-Biology
parasitic
References
Courtney, C. H., and D. J. Forrester. 1974. Helminth parasites of the brown pelican in Florida and Louisiana. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 41: 89–93.
Dronen, N. O., C. K. Blend, and C. K. Anderson. 2003. Endohelminths from the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, and the American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, from Galveston Bay, Texas, U.S.A., and checklist of pelican parasites. Comparative Parasitology 70: 140–154.
Forrester, D. J., and M. G. Spalding. 2003. Parasites and Disease of Wild Birds in Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 1133 pp.
Overstreet, R. M., and S. S. Curran. 2005a. Parasites of the American white pelican. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17: 31–48.
Species Notes
Added keyword "parasitic"
Source
Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
GulfBase Citation
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-07-2024.