Robert Rameyer
Thierry M. Work
1996
<div class="abstract-container abstract-info" data-v-6f3e0b52="" data-v-f5d858dc="" data-ajax="false"><div class="abstract" data-v-6f3e0b52=""><div data-v-6f3e0b52="">We describe a new species of <i>Haemoproteus</i> Kruse, 1890 from great frigatebirds (<i>Fregata minor</i> [Gmelin]) captured on Tern Island-French Frigate Shoals and Laysan Island in Hawaii. Parasite prevalence on Laysan Island (35%) was not significantly different than that of Tern Island (36%). On Laysan, prevalence was highest in juveniles (52%), followed by adult males (29%) and adult females (19%). Prevalence on Tern was 36% both for adult females and juveniles, and 28% for adult males. Parasitemia was low (mean < 2 parasites/10,000 red blood cell). Parasitized red cells had significantly greater areas than unparasitized cells. We named this parasite <i>Haemoproteus</i> iwa after the Hawaiian name for frigatebirds (iwa). This is the first documentation of a hemoparasite from tropical pelagic seabirds in Hawaii and the first description of an endemic hemoparasite in the archipelago.</div></div></div>
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Haemoproteus iwa n. sp. in great frigatebirds (Fregata minor [Gmelin]) from Hawaii: Parasite morphology and prevalence
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