Three species of Digenea from the Atlantic leatherback turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea )
Three species of digenetic trematodes (Pyelosomum renicapite, Calycodes anthos, Cymatocarpus sp. (?)), are reported from two Atlantic leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) taken off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1973. The status of the genera Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 and Astrorchis P...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1979
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z79-239 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z79-239 |
Summary: | Three species of digenetic trematodes (Pyelosomum renicapite, Calycodes anthos, Cymatocarpus sp. (?)), are reported from two Atlantic leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) taken off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1973. The status of the genera Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 and Astrorchis Poche, 1925 is discussed. |
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