First report of Cricocephalus albus (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from Peru, parasite of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii)

Authors

  • Luis A. Gomez-Puerta Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Laboratorio de Epidemiologia y Economía Veterinaria. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria. Av. Circunvalación 2800, San Borja. Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7909-979X
  • Vanessa Bachmann Oficina de Investigaciones en Depredadores Superiores. Instituto del Mar del Perú. Esquina Gamarra y General Valle, Chucuito Callao, Perú.
  • Javier Quiñones Laboratorio costero de Pisco. Instituto del Mar del Perú. Av. Los Libertadores A-12, Urb El Golf, Paracas. Ica, Perú
  • Sixto Quispe Laboratorio costero de Pisco. Instituto del Mar del Perú. Av. Los Libertadores A-12, Urb El Golf, Paracas. Ica, Perú
  • David Torres Laboratorio costero de Santa Rosa. Instituto del Mar del Perú. Los Pinos s/n, Distrito de Santa Rosa, Chiclayo -Lambayeque.
  • Joe Macalupu Laboratorio costero de Paita. Instituto del Mar del Perú. Av. Los Pescadores s/n Paita. Piura, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i2.13501

Keywords:

Trematoda, Plagiorchiida, Cricocephalus albus, quelonio, Chelonia mydas agassizii, Virrilá.

Abstract

Cricocephalus albus (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) is registered for first time in Peru in the East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii). The parasites were collected during a necropsy carried out in a stranded sea turtle in the Virrilá estuary, located in the Sechura province of Piura, Peru. The specimens were studied morphologically and identified as C. albus. The current work describes C. albus, as well as the discussion of its hosts and geographic distribution.

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Published

07/21/2017

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2017)

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Gomez-Puerta, Luis A., Vanessa Bachmann, Javier Quiñones, Sixto Quispe, David Torres, and Joe Macalupu. 2017. “First Report of Cricocephalus Albus (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from Peru, Parasite of the Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas Agassizii)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 24 (2): 217-22. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i2.13501.