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Redescription of Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft and Tenora 1978 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from the green turtle Chelonia mydas in Costa Rica

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Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft and Tenora, 1978 is redescribed on the basis of specimens collected from the stomach of green turtles Chelonia mydas in Costa Rica. Our specimens are consistent with the original description which was based on four flukes from the same host species from the northwest coast of Cuba. Our redescription provides a new range of variations and adds new information on this species. This represents only the second record of C. polyorchis in green turtles.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ecologia, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy

    M. Santoro & P. Brandmayr

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA

    E. C. Greiner

  3. Departamento de Patología, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, 3000, Costa Rica

    J. A. Morales

  4. Laboratorio de Helminthología, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica

    B. Rodríguez-Ortíz

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Santoro, M., Brandmayr, P., Greiner, E.C. et al. Redescription of Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft and Tenora 1978 (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from the green turtle Chelonia mydas in Costa Rica. Helminthologia 46, 97–99 (2009). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0019-6

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