Neopolystoma fentoni n. sp (Monogenea : Polystomatidae) a parasite of the conjunctival sac of freshwater turtles in Costa Rica

Authors
Platt, TR
Citation
Tr. Platt, Neopolystoma fentoni n. sp (Monogenea : Polystomatidae) a parasite of the conjunctival sac of freshwater turtles in Costa Rica, MEM I OSW C, 95(6), 2000, pp. 833-837
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
ISSN journal
00740276 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
833 - 837
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(200011/12)95:6<833:NFNS(:>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Neopolystoma fentoni n. sp. is described from the conjunctival sac of Kinos ternon leucostomum (Dumeril, Bibron, and Dumeril 1851) and Rhinoclemmys pul cherrima (Gray 1855) from the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica. T he new species differs from all other species of Neopolystoma, except N. el izabethae Platt 2000 in possessing a circle of eight genital spines that ar e recurved and possess a crescent-shaped base. N. fentoni n. sp, differs fr om N. elizabethae in lacking cecal diverticula and in a number of morphomet ric criteria.