The green turtle Chelonia mydas is a widely distributed, slowly maturing species with a
complex life cycle, using both oceanic and coastal environments. The species is exposed to …

Life cycles of spirorchiids that infect the vascular system of turtles are poorly understood.
Few life cycles of these blood flukes have been elucidated and all intermediate hosts …

This study makes a descriptive analysis of necropsied sea turtles registered in the Biota
Conservation Institute database between May 2018 and May 2022 on the coast of Alagoas …

Results This checklist records the occurrence of 79 taxa of parasites. Seventy six represent
the phylum Platyhelminthes (one from the order Aspidogastrida, 11 from the order …

RESUMO A tartaruga-verde, Chelonia mydas, apresenta distribuição cosmopolita. No
Brasil, ocorre na costa, porém desova em ilhas oceânicas. A helmintofauna de tartarugas …

The helminth fauna of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758) is still
poorly known. Herein, we study the gastrointestinal helminths of 28 juvenile green sea …

The present study reports the first occurrence of Plesiochorus cymbiformis (Digenea:
Gorgoderidae), in two Olive Ridley Sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines …

Chronic Cystitis Associated with Plesiochorus cymbiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1901 (Digenea:
Gorgoderidae) in a Loggerhead T Page 1 Chronic Cystitis Associated with Plesiochorus …

Trematodes of the genus Plesiochorus were recovered from the urinary bladder of a
stranded female adult loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, on a beach in Rio de Janeiro …

Spirorchidiasis is one of the most common diseases in green turtles. Eggs and the adult form
of trematodes are mainly found in the heart, liver, lung, spleen, and gastrointestinal tract. The …