Report of Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft & Tenora 1978 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) in a green turtle - Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) from Brazil
Cavaco, B.; De Carvalho, L.M.; Conti, L.M.; Werneck, M.R. (2021). Report of Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft & Tenora 1978 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) in a green turtle - Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) from Brazil. Neotropical Helminthology 15(2): 161-167. https://dx.doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211521199
In: Neotropical Helminthology. Asociación Peruana de Helmintología e Invertebrados Afines: Lima. ISSN 2218-6425, more
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Brazil
Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft & Tenora, 1978 [WoRMS]; Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 [WoRMS]
Brazil [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Cavaco, B.
- De Carvalho, L.M.
- Conti, L.M.
- Werneck, M.R.
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| Abstract |
This note paper report the occurrence of Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft &Tenora 1978 collected from a green sea turtle - Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) from Brazil. Our specimen is larger than the original description and the following descriptions, providing a new information on this species. This represents the first record with morphometric data of C. polyorchis in a green turtle from Brazil and the third record with morphometric data of this trematode. |
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