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Report ofNeospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil

M. R. Werneck
M. R. Werneck
, 
G. B. Souza
G. B. Souza
 and 
B. C. Berger
B. C. Berger
   | Mar 10, 2016
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Article Category: Research Note
Published Online: Mar 10, 2016
Page range: 94 - 98
Received: May 11, 2015
Accepted: Jul 28, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074
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Fig. 1.

Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) found in Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil, ventral view. Bar= 1 mm
Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) found in Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil, ventral view. Bar= 1 mm

Fig. 2.

Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) found in Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil (A) Coiled ovary (black arrow) in (scale bar= 100 μm); (B) Coiled testis (black arrow) (scale bar= 100 μm); (C) Vitelline reservoir (black arrow) with oval shape (scale bar= 100 μm); (D) Posterior caeca fusion (asterisk) (scale bar= 100 μm); (E) Uterus containing deformed eggs (scale bar= 50 μm)
Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) found in Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil (A) Coiled ovary (black arrow) in (scale bar= 100 μm); (B) Coiled testis (black arrow) (scale bar= 100 μm); (C) Vitelline reservoir (black arrow) with oval shape (scale bar= 100 μm); (D) Posterior caeca fusion (asterisk) (scale bar= 100 μm); (E) Uterus containing deformed eggs (scale bar= 50 μm)

Morphometric data of Neospirorchis schistosomatoidesPrice 1934 from Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae). Data are presented in micrometers unless otherwise indicated

LocalityPrice (1934)Present report
USABrazil
Number of parasites?2 entire (and parts of 6 others)
Site of infectionVisceral blood vesselsVentricle of the heart
Body length (mm)7.45 – 9.510.046 – 10.552 (10.299 ± 0.357)
Body width140 – 220228 – 237 (233 ± 6.3)
Oral sucker (diameter)32 – 4038.8 – 39 (39 ± 0.1)
Esophagus length595 – 680605 –766 (686 ± 113.5)
Esophagus width-62 – 106 (84 ± 30.8)
Cirrus sac length-263 – 428 (346 ± 83.2)
Cirrus sac width-28 – 43 (37 ± 6.4)
Testis width-66 – 162 (98 ± 29.9)
Ovary width40 – 72 (61 ± 18.3)
Cecae width29 – 59 (44 ± 11.2)
Yolk reservoir length-75 – 152 (113 ± 38.1)
Yolk reservoir width-53 – 105 (77 ± 26.2)
Egg length4419 – 46.3 (36.36 ± 6.04) n=30
Egg width3219 – 33 (24.1 ± 4.7) n=8
Distance From:
Genital pore to posterior end (mm)1.0 – 1.20.204 – 0.790 (0.584 ± 0.329.1)
Uterus to posterior end500815
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