<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper describes the occurrence of <italic>Enodiotrema megachondrus</italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helmin-2016-0019_ref_011_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1ab2ac11Aa">Looss, 1899</xref>) Looss, 1901 in a juvenile green sea turtle (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helmin-2016-0019_ref_002_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1ab2ab2Aa"><italic>Chelonia mydas</italic> Linnaeus, 1758</xref>) found on the coast of Brazil. This parasite has been described in <italic>Caretta caretta</italic> from Egypt, France, the Mediterranean Sea, the Madeira Archipelago, the Adriatic Sea and the USA, in <italic>C. mydas</italic> from Egypt and the USA, in <italic>Eretmochelys imbricata</italic> from Cuba, in <italic>Lepidochelys olivacea</italic> from Mexico and Costa Rica and in <italic>Lepidochelys kempii</italic> from USA. This note represents the first report of <italic>E. megachondus</italic> in a green sea turtle in the South-West Atlantic Ocean.</p></abstract>

This paper describes the occurrence of Enodiotrema megachondrus (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 in a juvenile green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758) found on the coast of Brazil. This parasite has been described in Caretta caretta from Egypt, France, the Mediterranean Sea, the Madeira Archipelago, the Adriatic Sea and the USA, in C. mydas from Egypt and the USA, in Eretmochelys imbricata from Cuba, in Lepidochelys olivacea from Mexico and Costa Rica and in Lepidochelys kempii from USA. This note represents the first report of E. megachondus in a green sea turtle in the South-West Atlantic Ocean.

Report of <italic>Enodiotrema megachondrus</italic> (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) in a green turtle <italic>Chelonia mydas</italic> Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

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Report of  (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) in a green turtle  Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

This paper describes the occurrence of Enodiotrema megachondrus (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 in a juvenile green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758) found...

Report of Enodiotrema megachondrus (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: May 09, 2016

Page range: 385 - 390

Received: Dec 17, 2015

Accepted: Feb 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0019

Keywords
Brazil, green turtle, parasites, Plagiorchiidae, Trematodes

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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Report of Enodiotrema megachondrus (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: May 09, 2016

Page range: 385 - 390

Received: Dec 17, 2015

Accepted: Feb 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0019

KeywordsBrazil, green turtle, parasites, Plagiorchiidae, Trematodes

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Brazil, green turtle, parasites, Plagiorchiidae, Trematodes