<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this paper was to describe the occurrence of the fourth specimen of <italic>Amphiorchis solus</italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helmin-2016-0020_ref_003_w2aab3b7b7b1b6b1ab2b1b3Aa">Simha &amp; Chattopadhyaya, 1970</xref>) <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helmin-2016-0020_ref_001_w2aab3b7b7b1b6b1ab2b1b1Aa">Platt, 2002</xref> (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle <italic>(Chelonia mydas</italic> L.1758) found in northeastern Brazil. <italic>Amphiorchis solus</italic> is a parasite that has only been reported in green turtles in India, Costa Rica and Brazil. Although the original description was made in 1970, only four specimens (including the one described herein) have been reported in the literature. In this note, we present the second occurrence of <italic>A. solus</italic> in Brazil, broadening information on the species and providing the first photographic record of this parasite.</p></abstract>

The aim of this paper was to describe the occurrence of the fourth specimen of Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas L.1758) found in northeastern Brazil. Amphiorchis solus is a parasite that has only been reported in green turtles in India, Costa Rica and Brazil. Although the original description was made in 1970, only four specimens (including the one described herein) have been reported in the literature. In this note, we present the second occurrence of A. solus in Brazil, broadening information on the species and providing the first photographic record of this parasite.

Report of the fourth specimen of <italic>Amphiorchis solus</italic> (Simha &amp; Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 46 years after the original description

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Report of the fourth specimen of  (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 46 years after the original description

The aim of this paper was to describe the occurrence of the fourth specimen of Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 (Digenea:...

	Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadyaya, 1970)
Variables	Simha & Chattopadyaya (1970)	Wernecket al. (2011)	Presente report
Host	C. mydas	C. mydas	C. mydas
Locality	Camp Mandapam Gulf of Manar, Índia	Barra Nova Beach, State of Ceará, Brazil	Mangue Seco, state of Bahia, Brazil
Site of infection	Heart	Heart	Heart
Number of parasites	1	1	1
Body length (mm)	3.96	2.86	2.85
Body width anterior part Legend: at the level to cecal bifurcation	0.81	0.55	0.54
Body width posterior part at the level to anterior testis	-	-	0.44
Oral sucker length	0.17	0.16	0.11
Oral sucker width	0.16	0.14	0.09
Acetabulum length	0.25	0.32	0.29
Acetabulum width	-	0.23	0.29
Esophagus length	1.17	0.97	1.01
Esophagus width	-	-	0.079
Anterior testis length	0.58	0.31	0.35
Anterior testis width	0.51	0.31	0.25
Posterior testis length	0.26	0.20	0.13
Posterior testis width	0.27	0.17	0.25
External seminal vesicle length	0.23	0.18	0.11
External seminal vesicle width	-	0.091	0.083
Cirrus pouch length	0.22	0.26	0.16
Cirrus pouch width	-	-	0.066
Ovary length	0.32	0.14	0.22
Ovary width	0.30	0.13	0.15
Distance from:
Genital pore to posterior end	-	-	0.45
Intestinal caeca bifurcation to anterior end	-	-	1.1
Intestinal cecal end to posterior end	-	-	0.12

Report of the fourth specimen of Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 46 years after the original description

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: May 09, 2016

Page range: 391 - 395

Received: Jan 25, 2016

Accepted: Mar 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0020

Keywords
Brazil, Digenea, Green sea turtle, Spirorchiidae, spirorchiids

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Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Morphometric data, in millimeters, of Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 (Digenea, Spirorchiidae) from Chelonia mydas Testudines, Cheloniidae)

Report of the fourth specimen of Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 46 years after the original description

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: May 09, 2016

Page range: 391 - 395

Received: Jan 25, 2016

Accepted: Mar 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0020

KeywordsBrazil, Digenea, Green sea turtle, Spirorchiidae, spirorchiids

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Morphometric data, in millimeters, of Amphiorchis solus (Simha & Chattopadhyaya, 1970) Platt, 2002 (Digenea, Spirorchiidae) from Chelonia mydas Testudines, Cheloniidae)

Keywords
Brazil, Digenea, Green sea turtle, Spirorchiidae, spirorchiids