Volume 61 January 1994 JOURNAL of of Washington A semiannual journal of research ^devoted to Helminthology and all branches of Parasitology Supported in part by the „— Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund CAMPBELL, W. C. AND R; M. OVERSTREET. Historical iJasis of Binomials Assigned to Helminths Collected on Scott's Last Antarctic Expedition . :,:.....: ' LINDSAY, D. .S., S. J. UPTON, C. A; SUNDERMANN, R. D. McKowN, AND B. L. - BLAGBURN.V Caryospora tremula and Sarcocystis sp. from Turkey Vultures, Ca- thartes aura: Descriptions of Oocysts andSporocysts and Attempted Transmission ~~ to Rodents -,..1 „_ „ _ _ ...__ ^....^....^ , 12 THOMAS, D. M. AND N. L. STANTON. Eimerian Species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriina) in Gunnison's Prairie Dogs (Cynomys gunnisonizuniensis) and Rock Squirrels (Sper- "j mophilis variegatus grarnmurus) from Southeastern Utah _. "17 CLOUTMAN, D. G. 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UPTON VASSILIOS THEODORIDES • — ~" . ^ ^/ ''" -'-"-' - , ~^\ s. ~ " '- '"X .-'—--'•- "^H*- • ^,,' Vs - © The HelminthologicaljSociety Of Washington 1994 4 x '•'/'-x:/ ISSN-1049-2_33X - ^v~Xl^' ~'^ { ' , , ^ .-.-•-, ' ' -^ k"\^ @ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper)- Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 61(1), 1994, pp. 1-11 Historical Basis of Binomials Assigned to Helminths Collected on Scott's Last Antarctic Expedition WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL' AND ROBIN M. OvERSTREET2 1 The Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey 07940 and 2 Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564 ABSTRACT: Scientific investigations were a feature of Captain R. F. Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1912. Among them was a study of parasitic worms in the coastal wildlife of Antarctica. It was the special project of Surgeon Edward L. Atkinson, whose scientific contributions, like his passion for high adventure, have largely been forgotten. The new parasitic species that he discovered were given names that were intended to honor the Expedition and many of its members. However, it was not then usual for new species descriptions to include an explanation of the proposed new binomials, and the significance of these particular names is not obvious to modern readers. This article examines the historical connection between the names of Atkinson's worms and the individuals and exploits commemorated by those names. KEY WORDS: Antarctica, helminths, history, marine parasites. One way or another, parasites and parasitol- which are extant and have been described ogists have been a feature of several Arctic and (Campbell, 1991). Parasites were examined mi- Antarctic expeditions, and the association be- croscopically, but apparently cursorily, in Ant- tween poles and parasites is particularly strong arctica and were preserved for later study. in the case of Captain Scott's famous and fatal Description of the parasites was subsequently Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole. The carried out at the London School of Tropical parasitological contribution of 2 medical mem- Medicine, where Atkinson (who had been re- bers of that expedition, Dr. Edward A. Wilson cently promoted to Staff Surgeon in the Royal and Dr. E. Leicester Atkinson, has been dis- Navy) worked under the tutelage of Robert T. cussed elsewhere (Nelson, 1977; Campbell, 1988, Leiper. On 17 February 1914, Leiper and At- 1991). Only passing mention, however, has been kinson gave a "lantern demonstration" of their made of the new helminth species discovered by helminth specimens at a meeting of the Zoolog- Atkinson in the course of his Expedition duties. ical Society, and an account of the event was It is the purpose of this article to examine the published in the same year (Leiper and Atkinson, historical significance of the names conferred on 1914). The report consists of "diagnoses," or brief these worms, which Atkinson brought with him descriptions, of the new helminth species, but it when he sailed back to England with the widow does not include illustrations or incidental in- of Edward Wilson. (Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Wilson formation. A more complete account was pub- had traveled to New Zealand to greet their re- lished in the following year (Leiper and Atkin- turning husbands, unaware that neither man had son, 1915), but it, too, did not mention the origin survived the trek to the South Pole.) or significance of the names assigned to the par- Apart from a few worms (ascaridids and heart- asites. worm) collected from Expedition dogs, the worms Because most of the new taxa were named after in Atkinson's collection were recovered from members of Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (or wildlife taken from the coastal waters of Ant- their spouses), we could easily link most new arctica or the temperate and tropical islands vis- binomials with the appropriate persons. These ited en route. The worms were collected in the associations are discussed here on a systematic period 1 July 1910 to 9 July 1912. Understand- basis: the Digenea, Cestoda, Acanthocephala, and ably, few dissections were carried out in the Nematoda. Atkinson's collection of worms in- months between the demise of Scott and his Po- cluded some species that had been described pre- lar Party in March 1912 and the