Plesiochorus Cymbiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae) in Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Lepidochelys Olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Testudines: Chelonidae) from The Brazilian Coast: New Geographic Occurrence and Associated Injuries

H Jerdy; R B Ferioli; H Gallo Neto; M Zíllio; A Monteiro; E C Q Carvalho; M R Werneck

doi:10.2478/helm-2021-0045

Plesiochorus Cymbiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1901 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae) in Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Lepidochelys Olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Testudines: Chelonidae) from The Brazilian Coast: New Geographic Occurrence and Associated Injuries

Helminthologia. 2021 Dec 25;58(4):408-414. doi: 10.2478/helm-2021-0045. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

H Jerdy¹, R B Ferioli², H Gallo Neto², M Zíllio³, A Monteiro⁴, E C Q Carvalho¹, M R Werneck⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 - Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Instituto Argonauta. Governador Abreu Sodré avenue 1067, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Visão ambiental; Ayrton Senna Road, 10, Mosqueiro-Aracaju/ Sergipe State, Brazil.
⁴ Faculdade Pio Décimo, Aracaju, Sergipe Brazil.
⁵ BW Institute, Professora Sueli Brasil Flores street, 88, Araruama, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Abstract

The present study reports the first occurrence of Plesiochorus cymbiformis (Digenea: Gorgoderidae), in two Olive Ridley Sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Chelonidae), from the states of São Paulo and Sergipe in Brazilian coast. Concerning the Neotropical region, P. cymbiformis has been previously reported in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Panama and Brazil, in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from Brazil, in hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Puerto Rico, and in Olive Ridley Sea turtles only in Costa Rica. Lesions resulting from the presence of parasites in the hosts' urinary bladders are also presented. This is the second report on endoparasites in Olive Ridley sea turtles from Brazil.

Keywords: Brazil; Cystitis; Gorgoderidae; Helminthfauna; Lepidochelys olivacea; Lesion; Olive Ridley sea turtles; Patology; Plesiochorus cymbiformis; Sea turtles.