Report ofNeospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil

We report the occurrence of Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 1934 in a juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas L.1758) from the Brazilian coast. This species has been reported only in green turtles from the USA, Bermuda and Australia. Only two entire specimens and parts of six worms were found in...

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Main Authors: Werneck M. R., Souza G. B., Berger B. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-03-01
Series:Helminthologia
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074