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Report ofNeospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil Cover

Report ofNeospirorchis schistosomatoides Price 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) infecting a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae), from Brazil

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0074 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 94 - 98
Submitted on: May 11, 2015
Accepted on: Jul 28, 2015
Published on: Mar 10, 2016
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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