Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus 1766 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Max R. Werneck; Victor R. Sousa; Alessandro Trazi; Bruno Berger

doi:10.1654/4716.1

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Max R. Werneck,^1,* Victor R. Sousa,² Alessandro Trazi,² Bruno Berger²

¹1 BW Consultoria Veterinária, Rua Ponciano Eugênio Duarte n.° 203, Centro, Ubatuba, SP, CEP 11680-00
²2 Serviços em Meio Ambiente, CTA, Rua Saturnino Rangel Mauro 283, Pontal de Camburi, Vitória, ES, CE

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

This note reports the first occurrence of Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939, in the heart of the Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus, 1766, in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This parasite has only previously been reported, to our knowledge, in Chelonia mydas from India, Brazil, and Costa Rica.

The Helminthological Society of Washington

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Max R. Werneck, Victor R. Sousa, Alessandro Trazi, and Bruno Berger "Monticellius indicum Mehra, 1939 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus 1766 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil," Comparative Parasitology 82(1), 155-157, (1 January 2015). https://doi.org/10.1654/4716.1

Published: 1 January 2015

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