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
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- 作者：Hudson Alves Pintoa ; hudsonalves13@ig.com.br" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Alan Lane de Meloa ; Sara Vanessa Brantb
- 关键词：Cercariae ; Biomphalaria ; Molecular phylogeny ; Pomacea ; Spirorchiidae ; Brazil
- 刊名：Parasitology International
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：64
- 期：6
- 页码：553-558
- 全文大小：630 K
文摘
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The occurrence of freshwater spirorchiids in South America is reported for the first time.
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Morphological and molecular data are presented for South American species of Spirorchiidae for the first time.
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The involvement of a caenogastropod snail as intermediate host of these parasites is presented.
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The paraphyly of the members currently included in the family Spirorchiidae is reconfirmed.