A new species of Orientatractis (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) parasite of Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in Brazilian Amazon

A new species of Orientatractis (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) parasite of Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in Brazilian Amazon

The current study describes a new species of nematode, Orientatractis matosi n. sp. (Atractidae), from the stomach and large intestine of Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Testudinidae), collected in the Tocantins and Xingu rivers in the Brazilian state of Pará. The new species was described using...

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Main Authors: Ronald Ferreira Jesus, Sara Caroline Gama Oliveira, Isabel Mercedes Centeno Ramos, Francisco Tiago Vasconcelos Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Subjects:
Podocnemis unifilis
Atractidae
Orientatractis
Taxonomy
Light microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000731

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