Open AccessSome digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from Brazil
Author(s) -
B. Cavaco,
Luís Madeira de Carvalho,
Max Rondon Werneck
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
helminthologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1336-9083
pISSN - 0440-6605
DOI - 10.2478/helm-2021-0023
Subject(s) - turtle (robot) , biology , fishery , helminths , zoology , ecology
Summary This paper reports three recovered species of digeneans from an adult loggerhead sea turtle - Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil. These trematodes include Diaschistorchis pandus (Pronocephalidae), Cymatocarpus solearis (Brachycoeliidae) and Rhytidodes gelatinosus (Rhytidodidae) The first two represent new geographic records. A list of helminths reported from the Neotropical region, Gulf of Mexico and USA (Florida) is presented.