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Some digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from Brazil
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Helminthologia, Helminthologia, Vol 58, Iss 2, Pp 217-224 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Sciendo - WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2021.
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Abstract
- Summary This paper reports three recovered species of digeneans from an adult loggerhead sea turtle - Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil. These trematodes include Diaschistorchis pandus (Pronocephalidae), Cymatocarpus solearis (Brachycoeliidae) and Rhytidodes gelatinosus (Rhytidodidae) The first two represent new geographic records. A list of helminths reported from the Neotropical region, Gulf of Mexico and USA (Florida) is presented.
- Subjects :
- Medicine (General)
Agriculture (General)
030231 tropical medicine
Zoology
Pronocephalidae
Biology
Loggerhead sea turtle
loggerhead turtle
Trematodes
030308 mycology & parasitology
S1-972
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
R5-920
trematodes
Helminths
Cheloniidae
Cymatocarpus
0303 health sciences
Caretta caretta
Brachycoeliidae
biology.organism_classification
Loggerhead turtle
Research Note
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
Brazil
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Helminthologia, Helminthologia, Vol 58, Iss 2, Pp 217-224 (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....044aa9bf8f9f8ccdcd7eee9083cf3a4c