“Long time no see”: redescription of Orientatractis leiperi (Nematoda: Atractidae) parasite of Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines: Podocnemididae) from Pará State, Brazil

During a helminthological survey on freshwater turtles from the Brazilian Amazon, we collected fresh and well-preserved nematodes from the stomach of Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848, that resembled Orientatractis leiperi. The morphology and morphometry of specimens described herein fits those fr...

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Main Authors: Ronald F. Jesus, Evelyn L. Cardoso, Yuri Willkens, Adriano P. Futado, Jeannie N. dos Santos, Francisco T. V. Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2020-11-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
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Online Access:https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/3464
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