New records od endohelminths of the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemystemminckii) from Arkansas and Louisiana, USA

Authors
West, M Scott, TP Simcik, SR Elsey, RM
Citation
M. West et al., New records od endohelminths of the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemystemminckii) from Arkansas and Louisiana, USA, COMP PARASI, 67(1), 2000, pp. 122-124
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
15252647 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
122 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
1525-2647(200001)67:1<122:NROEOT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Viscera were collected from alligator snapping turtles, Macroclemys temminc kii (Harlan), caught by commercial trappers in Arkansas and Louisiana. A to tal of 1,708 parasites were recovered from 44 turtles. Endohelminths identi fied were 4 species of nematodes (Brevimulticaecum tenuicolle Rudolphi, Fal caustra chelydrae Harwood, Falcaustra wardi Mackin, and Serpinema trispinos us Leidy) and 3 species of acanthocephalans (Neoechinorhynchus chrysemydis Cable and Hopp, Neoechinorhynchus emydis Leidy, and Neoechinorhynchus pseud emydis Cable and Hopp). All but F. chelydrae are new records for Macroclemy s temminckii.