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<p>This paper reports three recovered species of digeneans from an adult loggerhead sea turtle - <italic>Caretta caretta</italic> (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil. These trematodes include <italic>Diaschistorchis pandus</italic> (Pronocephalidae), <italic>Cymatocarpus solearis</italic> (Brachycoeliidae) and <italic>Rhytidodes gelatinosus</italic> (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.</p></abstract>

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.

Some digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle (<italic>Caretta caretta</italic>) from Brazil

Helminthologia

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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...

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

Article Category: Research Note

Publicado en línea: 08 jun 2021

Páginas: 217 - 224

Recibido: 28 dic 2020

Aceptado: 08 feb 2021

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

Palabras clave
loggerhead turtle, trematodes, Brazil

© 2021 B. Cavaco, L. M. Madeira De Carvalho, M. R. Werneck , published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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

Article Category: Research Note

Publicado en línea: 08 jun 2021

Páginas: 217 - 224

Recibido: 28 dic 2020

Aceptado: 08 feb 2021

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

Palabras claveloggerhead turtle, trematodes, Brazil

© 2021 B. Cavaco, L. M. Madeira De Carvalho, M. R. Werneck , published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
loggerhead turtle, trematodes, Brazil