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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crdegruyter:10.1515/helmin-2015-0074 2023-05-15T18:20:58+02:00 Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil Werneck, M. R. Souza, G. B. Berger, B. C. 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/helm/53/1/article-p94.xml https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND Helminthologia volume 53, issue 1, page 94-98 ISSN 1336-9083 0440-6605 Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology journal-article 2016 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074 2022-04-14T05:00:35Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper South Atlantic Ocean De Gruyter (via Crossref) Helminthologia 53 1 94 98 |
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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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Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil |
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Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil |
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Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil |
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Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil |
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Report of Neospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil |
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report of neospirorchis schistosomatoides price 1934 (digenea: spirorchiidae) infecting a green turtle, chelonia mydas linnaeus, 1758 (testudines, cheloniidae), from brazil |
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