TY - JOUR
T1 - First report of Cricocephalus albus (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from Peru, parasite of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii)
AU - Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.
AU - Bachmann, Vanessa
AU - Quiñones, Javier
AU - Quispe, Sixto
AU - Torres, David
AU - MacAlupu, Joe
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - © Los autores. Cricocephalus albus (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) is registered for frst time in Peru in the East Pacifc green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii). The parasites were collected during a necropsy carried out in a stranded sea turtle in the Virrilá estuary, located in the Sechura province of Piura, Peru. The specimens were studied morphologically and identifed as C. albus. The current work describes C. albus, as well as the discussion of its hosts and geographic distribution.
AB - © Los autores. Cricocephalus albus (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) is registered for frst time in Peru in the East Pacifc green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii). The parasites were collected during a necropsy carried out in a stranded sea turtle in the Virrilá estuary, located in the Sechura province of Piura, Peru. The specimens were studied morphologically and identifed as C. albus. The current work describes C. albus, as well as the discussion of its hosts and geographic distribution.
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U2 - 10.15381/rpb.v24i2.13501
DO - 10.15381/rpb.v24i2.13501
M3 - Article
SN - 1561-0837
SP - 217
EP - 222
JO - Revista Peruana de Biologia
JF - Revista Peruana de Biologia
ER -