The genus Rhytidodoides Price, 1939 (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in Brazil: New geographic occurrence and report of pathology in the gallbladder

The genus Rhytidodoides Price, 1939 (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in Brazil: New geographic occurrence and report of pathology in the gallbladder

The present note describes the occurrence of and (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in the gallbladder of two juvenile green turtles ( - Testu- dines, Cheloniidae) found on the coast of Brazil. Both were detected in gallbladder and intestine of green turtles: (United States, Panama, Costa Rica and Brazil) and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Helminthologia 2019-06, Vol.56 (2), p.175-182
Hauptverfasser: Werneck, M. R., Mastrangelli, A., Velloso, R., Baldassin, P., Jerdy, H., Carvalho, E. C. Q.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aquatic reptiles
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil
Chelonia mydas
coasts
Costa Rica
Digenea
Gall bladder
Gallbladder
green turtles
histology
Intestine
Intestines
juveniles
Lesions
Panama
Parasites
Pathology
Research Note
Rhytidodidae
rhytidodoides intestinalis
rhytidodoides similis
South-West Atlantic Ocean
Turtles
United States
Wildcats
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Zusammenfassung:The present note describes the occurrence of and (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in the gallbladder of two juvenile green turtles ( - Testu- dines, Cheloniidae) found on the coast of Brazil. Both were detected in gallbladder and intestine of green turtles: (United States, Panama, Costa Rica and Brazil) and (United States, Panama and Costa Rica). This note is the first report of in Brazil and South-West Atlantic Ocean. Also the histological lesions caused by the parasites in one gallbladder are described.
ISSN:0440-6605
1336-9083
1336-9083
DOI:10.2478/helm-2019-0004