The genus Rhytidodoides Price, 1939 (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in Brazil: New geographic occurrence and report of pathology in the gallbladder
| Autor: | Adriana Mastrangelli, R. Velloso, Max Rondon Werneck, H. Jerdy, P. Baldassin, Eulógio Carlos Queiroz de Carvalho |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Medicine (General)
Agriculture (General) 030231 tropical medicine Zoology rhytidodoides similis Digenea 030308 mycology & parasitology S1-972 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 Genus medicine digenea Juvenile chelonia mydas Cheloniidae rhytidodoides intestinalis south-west atlantic ocean 0303 health sciences Panama biology Gallbladder biology.organism_classification Research Note medicine.anatomical_structure brazil green turtles Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Helminthologia, Vol 56, Iss 2, Pp 175-182 (2019) Helminthologia |
| ISSN: | 1336-9083 0440-6605 |
| Popis: | Summary The present note describes the occurrence of Rhytidodoides intestinalis and Rhytidodoides similis (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in the gallbladder of two juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas - Testu- dines, Cheloniidae) found on the coast of Brazil. Both were detected in gallbladder and intestine of green turtles: Rhytidodoides similis (United States, Panama, Costa Rica and Brazil) and R. intestinais (United States, Panama and Costa Rica). This note is the first report of R. intestinalis in Brazil and South-West Atlantic Ocean. Also the histological lesions caused by the parasites in one gallbladder are described. |
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