Document of bibliographic reference 345455

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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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Title

Report of Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft & Tenora 1978 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) in a green turtle - Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) from Brazil

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.

Bibliographic citation

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

Topic

Marine

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true

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open access

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true