Report of Carettacola stunkardi (Martin &amp; Bamberger, 1952) Dailey, Fast &amp; Balazs, 1991 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting Green Turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil

Mr, Werneck; Baldassin, Paula; Torres, Felipe Rafael; Trazi, Alessandro; Berger, Bruno

doi:10.1590/s1519-69842013000300030

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“…The occurrence of members of the family Spirorchiidae on the Brazilian coast has been reported in C. mydas (Werneck et al, 2013) and E. imbricata (Werneck et al, 2008;Dutra et al, 2012;Werneck et al, 2014;Werneck et al, 2015).However, the analysis of the impact of parasitosis on the sea turtle in the region has been limited.…”

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Pathological changes by Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Werneck¹,

Souza

Berger

et al. 2015

Helminthologia

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SummaryThis note reports the occurrence of Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 collected from an aortic aneurysm in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758) found on the coast of Brazil. Besides the vascular lesion, granulomatous reactions with foreign -body giant cells were found surrounding the parasite eggs in the heart, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen, brain and kidneys. This paper presents the fi rst report of H. postorchis and accompanying lesions in a green sea turtle from the western South Atlantic Ocean.

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Pathological changes by Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Werneck¹,

Souza

Berger

et al. 2015

Helminthologia

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Where are the South American freshwater turtle blood flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae)? The first morphological and molecular analysis of spirorchiid cercariae from freshwater snails in Brazil

Pinto

Melo

Brant

2015

Parasitology International

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Trematodes belonging to the family Spirorchiidae are blood parasites mainly of turtles with a worldwide distribution. These flukes were recently reported in some marine turtles from South America, where the occurrence of spirorchiids in freshwater definitive and intermediate hosts is so far unknown. In the present study, three morphotypes of brevifurcate apharyngeate distome cercariae found in freshwater molluscs from an urban reservoir in Brazil were used for morphological and molecular (nuclear 28S rDNA) evaluation. Two morphotypes of cercariae, probably congeneric species, were found in 12/17,465 specimens of Biomphalaria spp. and differ from each other by body size and sequences (0.1%). They present morphology similar to North American freshwater spirorchiids (Spirorchis spp.), however surprisingly molecular data reveals that these lineages are more closely related to marine spirorchiids. A third species found in 2/777 Pomacea sp. differs morphologically from all previously described spirorchiid cercariae and genetically from spirorchiids with available sequences (16-19%), grouping in the phylogenetic tree with freshwater North American species. This is the first report of freshwater spirorchiids in South America and the first molecular confirmation of the involvement of a caenogastropod in the life cycle of spirorchiids.

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Checklist of sea turtles endohelminth in Neotropical region

Werneck¹,

Silva

2016

Helminthologia

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SummaryThis paper presents a list of parasites described in sea turtles from the Neotropical region. Through the review of literature the occurrence of 79 taxa of helminthes parasites were observed, mostly consisting of the Phylum Platyhelminthes with 76 species distributed in 14 families and 2 families of the Phylum Nematoda within 3 species. Regarding the parasite records, the most studied host was the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) followed by the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Overall helminths were reported in 12 countries and in the Caribbean Sea region. This checklist is the largest compilation of data on helminths found in sea turtles in the Neotropical region.

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Report of Carettacola stunkardi (Martin & Bamberger, 1952) Dailey, Fast & Balazs, 1991 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting Green Turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Pathological changes by Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Pathological changes by Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil

Where are the South American freshwater turtle blood flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae)? The first morphological and molecular analysis of spirorchiid cercariae from freshwater snails in Brazil

Checklist of sea turtles endohelminth in Neotropical region

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