New Genus and Species of Turtle Blood Fluke (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Schistosomatoidea) Infecting Six-Tubercled Amazon River Turtles, Podocnemis sextuberculata (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) from the Amazon River Basin (Peru)

Herein we describe a new species of turtle blood fluke (TBF) and propose a new genus to accommodate it, Pitiutrema revelae n. gen., n. sp. This blood fluke infects the heart of six-tubercled Amazon River turtles (Podocnemis sextuberculata [Cornalia, 1849] [Pleurodira: Podocnemididae]) in the headwat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of parasitology 2019-10, Vol.105 (5), p.671-685
Hauptverfasser:	Dutton, Haley R, Warren, Micah B, Bullard, Stephen A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Bayes Theorem Blood Blood parasites Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Esophagus Fresh water Headwaters Marine Derived Lineage New genera New species Ovaries Peru Phylogenetics Phylogeny Pitiutrema Pleurodira Podium sexdentatum Podocnemididae Reptiles & amphibians Ribosomal DNA River basins Rivers Schistosomatidae Systematics SYSTEMATICS-PHYLOGENETICS Taxa Taxonomy Testes Trematoda - anatomy & histology Trematoda - classification Trematoda - genetics Trematode Infections - epidemiology Trematode Infections - parasitology Trematode Infections - veterinary Turtles Turtles - parasitology Zoology
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