Redescription of charaxicephaloides polyorchis groschaft and tenora 1978 (digenea: Pronocephalidae) from the green turtle chelonia mydas in costa rica

Abstract

Summary: Charaxicephaloides polyorchis Groschaft and Tenora, 1978 is redescribed on the basis of specimens collected from the stomach of green turtles Chelonia mydas in Costa Rica. Our specimens are consistent with the original description which was based on four flukes from the same host species from the northwest coast of Cuba. Our redescription provides a new range of variations and adds new information on this species. This represents only the second record of C. polyorchis in green turtles. © 2009 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.