Name - Spirorchis elegans

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:2127009 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Spirorchis elegans Stunkard 1923

• Spirorchis elegans Stunkard

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Recent Publications

• New hosts and localities for turtle helminths.
• Distribution of helminth parasites in turtles native to southern Illinois.
• Activity suppression in the golden hamster (Cricetus auratus) caused by Trichinella spiralis infection.
• Helminth fauna of a turtle species introduced in Japan, the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans).
• First reported outbreak of severe spirorchiidiasis in Emys orbicularis, probably resulting from a parasite spillover event.

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