New leeches and diseases for the hawksbill sea turtle and the West Indies

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-270

  Bunkley Williams, Lucy ^a   Williams Jr , Ernest H ^b   Horrocks, Julia A ^c   Horta, Hector C ^d   Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^e   Poponi, Anthony C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d Department of Natural and Environmental Resources ^*  (United States)

^e Caribbean Stranding Network   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Barbados; Eretomochelys imbricata; Green sea turtle leech; Hawksbill sea turtle; Hirudinea; Loggerhead sea turtle leech; Ozobranchus brachiatus; Ozobranchus margoi; Puerto Rico; Sea turtle leech erosion disease

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; OZOBRANCHUS; OZOBRANCHUS MARGOI; PLACOBDELLA ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 51949085781     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4252.1     Document Type: Article

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