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Helminth parasites of the Caucasian salamander, Mertensiella caucasica, from Turkey

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Yıldırımhan, Hikmet Sami

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Bursey, Charles R.
Goldberg, Stephen R.

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Helminthological Soc Washington

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Seventy-two Caucasian salamanders, Mertensiella caucasica, were collected from 5 localities in Turkey between 1995 and 2001 and examined for helminths. One species of Monogenea, Euzetrema caucasica; 2 species of Digenea, Brachycoelium salamandrae and Opisthioglyphe rastellus; 1 species of Cestoda, Nematotaenia dispar; 4 species of Nematoda, Amphibiocapillaria tritonispunctati, Aplectana acuminata, Cosmocerca longicauda, and Mertensinema iberica; and 1 species of Acanthocephala, Acanthocephalus ranae, were found. One new host record and 6 new locality records are reported.

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Monogenea, Turkey, Nematoda, Digenea, Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Caucasian salamander, Mertensiella caucasica, Red-backed salamander, Trematodes, Caudate amphibians, Eurycea-lucifuga, Ambystoma-opacum, West-virginia, Plethodon, Arkansas, Mexico, Parasitology, Zoology

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Yıldırımhan, H. S. vd. (2005). "Helminth parasites of the Caucasian salamander, Mertensiella caucasica, from Turkey". Comparative Parasitology, 72(1), 75-87.

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