Back to Search
Start Over
Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines, Cheloniidae), as a new host of Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) and associated lesiond to spirorchiid eggs
- Source :
- Helminthologia, Vol 54, Iss 4, Pp 363-368 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Sciendo, 2017.
-
Abstract
- Summary The present note describes the occurrence of Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in an adult loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), found on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pathological changes due to spirorchiid eggs (type 1 and 3) were found in gastrointestinal system, endocrine system, and heart. This parasite has previously been described in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), from Pakistan, Brazil and Costa Rica as well as in the hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766), in Brazil. This note reports the loggerhead turtle as a new host for M. indicum.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Medicine (General)
Ecology (disciplines)
Agriculture (General)
030231 tropical medicine
Zoology
cheloniidae
loggerhead turtle
Digenea
law.invention
S1-972
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
R5-920
law
caretta caretta
Cheloniidae
Turtle (robot)
spirorchiid lesions
Spirorchiidae
biology
Host (biology)
030108 mycology & parasitology
biology.organism_classification
spirorchiidae
monticellius indicum
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13369083 and 04406605
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Helminthologia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ea1166b875de410d0b76b08e8eb61237