Morphological characterization of fluke eggs in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) found on the coast of Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Although some studies have identified parasites in green turtles (Chelonia mydas), little is known about the morphology of helminth eggs feces these animals. The aim this study was to morphologically characterize recovered coproparasitological exams by sedimentation and analyze their relationship with species during necropsy juvenile specimens C. mydas. Four different egg morphotypes were found, identified, classified as digenetic trematodes families Microscaphidiidae, Cladorchiidae, Spirorchiidae. There morphological diversity size measured directly adult parasites, sizes ranging from 19.07 99.28 μm length 11.35 45.66 width. observation on important for studying ecology sea turtle since life cycle not yet fully understood.