Elucidation of the first definitively identified life cycle for a marine turtle blood fluke (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae) enables informed control

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• 作者：Thomas H. Cribb^a ; ^{T.Cribb@uq.edu.au} ; Jose L. Crespo-Picazo^b ; Scott C. Cutmore^a ; Brian A. Stacy^c ; Phoebe A. Chapman^d ; Daniel Garcí ; a-Pá ; rraga^b
• 关键词：Trematoda ; Spirorchiidae ; Life cycle ; Vermetidae ; Conservation ; Sea turtles ; Transmission
• 刊名：International Journal for Parasitology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：47
• 期：1
• 页码：61-67
• 全文大小：807 K
• 卷排序：47

文摘

Spirorchiidae blood flukes are significant pathogens of marine turtles but their life cycles remain almost entirely unknown. We show that Amphiorchis sp. of Caretta caretta infects a vermetid gastropod, Thylaeodus cf. rugulosus. We matched DNA from infections from the vermetid, eggs from neonate C. caretta, and an adult spirorchiid from C. caretta. The Amphiorchis sp. is closely related to marine turtle spirorchiid of the genera Carettacola, Hapalotrema and Learedius. The findings enable control of spirorchiidiasis in captivity and better understanding of epidemiology in wild individuals.