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Angiodictyum mooreae n. sp. (Digenea: Microscaphidiidae) and Other Digeneans from an Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata from Puerto Rico
Author(s) -
Dyer William G.,
Williams Ernest H.,
BunkleyWilliams Lucy
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8667(1995)007<0038:amnsdm>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - digenea , sucker , sagitta , biology , zoology , trematoda , endangered species , turtle (robot) , helminths , parasite hosting , ecology , fishery , habitat , fish <actinopterygii> , otolith , world wide web , computer science
A specimen of the endangered hawksbill sea turtle, illegally speared and killed near La Parguera, Puerto Rico, was examined for helminths during postmortem examination. Four microscaphidiids, Angiodictyum mooreae n. sp., A. parallelum , A. anteroporum , and Octangium sagitta ; one spirorchiid, Learedius learedi ; and one pronocephalid, Cricocephalus rnegastomus , were detected. Angiodictyum mooreae may be distinguished from all known species of Angiodictyum in possessing large prominent marginal bodies. It is most similar to A. parallelum but differs in having a genital pore located immediately posterior to the oral sucker and in having 25–26 marginal bodies on each side. The findings of A. parallelum and A. anteroporum in an Atlantic hawksbill turtle constitute new host records and, for the latter parasite, a new geographic locality record.