Two New Blood Flukes from a Marine Turtle, Caretta caretta
- 1 December 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 36 (6) , 595-599
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3273293
Abstract
Neospirorchis pricei and CARETTACOLA bipora (fam. Spirorchidae), are descr. from C. caretta taken in Tortugas, Florida. The former was found in the heart, the latter in intestinal washings but probably lived in blood vessels. C. bipora has a peculiar, glandular, vagina-like organ.Keywords
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