Open AccessNew records of trematode and acanthocephalan species in frogs in Erzurum Province, Turkey
Author(s) -
Yahya Tepe,
Yuan Yi-lan
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-2021-0043
Subject(s) - biology , fauna , acanthocephala , digenea , ecology , parasite hosting , zoology , trematoda , helminths , world wide web , computer science
Summary A total of 32 frogs of two species ( Rana macrocnemis , Pelophylax ridibundus ) that were dissected in some lectures in Ataturk University Science Faculty Biology Department were investigated parasitologically even after the lectures between 2008 and 2014. 9 digenean species ( Cephalogonimus retusus [Cephalogonimidae]; Diplodiscus subclavatus [Paramphistomotidae]; Gorgodera cygnoides , Gorgoderina vitelliloba [Gorgoderidae]; Haplometra cylindracea , Haematoloechus variegatus , Opisthioglyphe ranae , Skrjabinoeces similis and Skrjabinoeces breviansa [Plagiorchiidae]), 3 acanthocephalan species ( Acanthocephalus ranae , Centrorhynchus sp., Pomphorhynchus laevis ) were found. All the parasites are the first record for Erzurum province, Cephalogonimus retusus and Skrjabinoeces similis are the first records of the parasite fauna of Turkey.