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  • Title: Andracantha tunitae (Acanthocephala) in the shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) from Shetland, Scotland.
    Author: Munro JF, Crompton DW, Stoddart RC.
    Journal: J Parasitol; 1995 Jun; 81(3):496-8. PubMed ID: 7776143.
    Abstract:
    Following the wreck of the oil tanker Braer on the coast of Shetland, Scotland, in January 1993, many shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) were killed. Sixty-nine per cent of these birds were found to harbor a sexually mature acanthocephalan (5 +/- 4.3 [SE] worms per infected bird) in their small intestines. The acanthocephalan has been identified as Andracantha tunitae (= Corynosoma tunitae) on the basis of its characteristic fields of trunk spines and their distribution in the region of the genital aperture.
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