Report of Enodiotrema megachondrus (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Autor:	Werneck M. R., Modolo Conti L., Berger B.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	brazil enodiotrema megachondrus green turtle parasites plagiorchiidae trematodes Microbiology QR1-502
Zdroj:	Helminthologia, Vol 53, Iss 4, Pp 385-390 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0440-6605 1336-9083
DOI:	10.1515/helmin-2016-0019
Popis:	This paper describes the occurrence of Enodiotrema megachondrus (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 in a juvenile green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758) found on the coast of Brazil. This parasite has been described in Caretta caretta from Egypt, France, the Mediterranean Sea, the Madeira Archipelago, the Adriatic Sea and the USA, in C. mydas from Egypt and the USA, in Eretmochelys imbricata from Cuba, in Lepidochelys olivacea from Mexico and Costa Rica and in Lepidochelys kempii from USA. This note represents the first report of E. megachondus in a green sea turtle in the South-West Atlantic Ocean.
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