Some digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle () from Brazil

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.

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Some digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from Brazil

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: Jun 08, 2021

Page range: 217 - 224

Received: Dec 28, 2020

Accepted: Feb 08, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0023

Keywords
loggerhead turtle, trematodes, Brazil

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