Gulf of Mexico, northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, Atlantic coast of South America
Habitat-Biology
parasitic
References
Forrester, D. J., and M. G. Spalding. 2003. Parasites and Disease of Wild Birds in Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 1133 pp.
Sepulveda, M. S., M. G. Spalding, J. M. Kinsella, and D. J. Forrester. 1999. Parasites of the great egret (Ardea alba) in Florida and a review of the helminths reported for the species. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 66: 7–13.
Sogandares-Bernal, F., and R. D. Lumsden. 1963. The generic status of the heterophyid trematodes of the Ascocotyle complex, including notes of the systematics and biology of Ascocotyle angrense Travassos, 1916. Journal of Parasitology 49: 264–274.
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, 05-12-2024.