Parasites in Italian sea turtles. I. The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus, 1766).
Three species of trematodes (Digenea) were collected from a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) stranded on the coast of Lampedusa (Sicily Channel, Mediterranean Sea, Italy). One, Enodiotrema carettae, was found in the liver and two, Enodiotrema instar and Pyelosomum renicapite, in the intestine. E. carettae and E. instar are new host findings, E. carettae is a geographic novelty as well. A description of E. instar, previously reported and described by Looss (1902), is included.
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Istituto di Patologia Generale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Milano, Italy.
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D000818:Animals; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000469:parasitology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D007558:Italy; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D014426:Turtles / Q000469:parasitology*