CHECKLIST OF HELMINTHS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINENTAL TESTUDINES FROM SOUTH AMERICA

Authors

  • Carolina S. Mascarenhas aboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres (LAPASIL), Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Caixa Postal: 354, CEP 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-0926
  • Gertrud Müller Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres (LAPASIL), Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Caixa Postal: 354, CEP 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2213-6721

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211511047

Keywords:

Acanthocephala, biodiversity, Cestoda, Chelidae, conservation, Digenea, ectosymbiont, Emydidae, freshwater turtle, Geoemydidae, IUCN, Kinosternidae, Monogenoidea, Nematoda, parasite, Podocnemididae, Temnocephala, Testudinidae, tortoise

Abstract

This study collected records of 135 taxa of parasitic helminths (Nematoda, Trematoda, Cestoda, Monogenoidea and Acanthocephala) and ectosimbionts (Temnocephalida) associated with continental Testudines from South America. Eighty-nine helminths were identified at the species level while others were identified up to genus or family levels. The greatest diversity of helminths associated with Testudines was reported in Brazil. Chelidae was the family with the largest number of helminth species. Regarding the conservation status, 17 Testudines species with helminth records are cited in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Knowledge of helminth biodiversity and of relations between these organisms and Testudines can provide important data on host biology. Therefore, information generated by studies of helminths can contribute to research which aims at the conservation of organims and their habitats.

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Published

2021-04-07

How to Cite

Mascarenhas, C. S., & Müller, G. (2021). CHECKLIST OF HELMINTHS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINENTAL TESTUDINES FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Neotropical Helminthology, 15(1), 97–126. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211511047

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