rhinoclemmysnema n. g. and three new species of nematodes of the family atractidae (cosmocercoidea), with notes on the helminth fauna of rhinoclemmys pulcherrima (testudines: bataguridae) in costa rica. | rhinoclemmysnema n. g. and three new species of atractid nematodes, namely, atractis costaricaensis n. sp., orientatractis asymmetrica n. sp. and rhinoclemmysnema multilabiatum were recovered from the small and large intestine of rhinoclemmys pulcherrima, the painted wood turtle in the guanacaste conservation area, costa rica. the genera and three species are characterized by the features of the cephalic region and male tail. neopolystoma fentoni (conjuctival sac) and heronimus mollis (lungs) we ... | 2006 | 17125541 |
neopolystoma fentoni n. sp. (monogenea: polystomatidae) a parasite of the conjunctival sac of freshwater turtles in costa rica. | neopolystoma fentoni n. sp. is described from the conjunctival sac of kinosternon leucostomum (duméril, bibron, and duméril 1851) and rhinoclemmys pulcherrima (gray 1855) from the guanacaste conservation area in costa rica. the new species differs from all other species of neopolystoma, except n. elizabethae platt 2000 in possessing a circle of eight genital spines that are recurved and possess a crescent-shaped base. n. fentoni n. sp. differs from n. elizabethae in lacking cecal diverticula and ... | 2006 | 11080769 |