Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil

Summary We report the occurrence of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 in a juvenile green turtle ( Chelonia mydas L.1758) from the Brazilian coast. This species has been reported only in green turtles from the USA, Bermuda and Australia. Only two entire specimens and parts of six worms were...

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Published in:Helminthologia
Main Authors: Werneck, M. R., Souza, G. B., Berger, B. C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2016
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074
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Summary:Summary We report the occurrence of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 in a juvenile green turtle ( Chelonia mydas L.1758) from the Brazilian coast. This species has been reported only in green turtles from the USA, Bermuda and Australia. Only two entire specimens and parts of six worms were found in the host’s heart. The collection, identification and morphometric data of intact specimens of N. schistosomatoides are rare and restricted to the original description. This paper presents the first report of N. schistosomatoides in green turtles from the western South Atlantic Ocean.

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