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

We report the occurrence of Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 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...

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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: Sciendo 2016
Subjects:
brazil
chelonia mydas
digenea
green turtle
neospirorchis schistosomatoides
spirorchiidae
Microbiology
QR1-502
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074
https://doaj.org/article/5bbf13d6bc234d91b1f3d50613e5620a
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Summary:We report the occurrence of Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 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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