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- Title
A NEW GENUS AND A NEW SPECIES OF CLADORCHIIDAE (DIGENEA: DADAYIINAE) FROM PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA (CHELONIA) OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION, STATE OF PARÁ, BRAZIL.
- Authors
Knoff, Marcelo; Brooks, Daniel Rusk; Mullins, Maria Cristina; Gomes, Delir Corrêa
- Abstract
A new species of amphistome digenean from the stomach and intestine of Podocnemis expansa (Pelomedusidae), of the tropical rain forest, from the State of Pará, Brazil, is described and allocated to a new genus (Oriximinatrema noronhae). The new species is characterized by the presence of an esophageal bulb, an esophageal extension uncovered by an extension of the pharyngeal sacs, a well-developed cirrus sac, post-bifurcal genital sucker, a ventro-terminal acetabulum with an anterior lip, and medium-sized eggs. This is the first report of a Dadayiinae trematode infecting a reptilian host.
- Subjects
PARA (Brazil : State); BRAZIL; PODOCNEMIS expansa; CHELONIA (Genus); PELOMEDUSIDAE; TURTLES
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2012, Vol 98, Issue 2, p378
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/GE-2785.1