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Occurrence of <em>Sulcascaris sulcata</em> (Rudolphi, 1819) in Stranded Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtles (<em>Caretta caretta</em>) Along the Coasts of North-West Adriatic and Ionian Sea (Italy)
2026-06-10
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The anisakid nematode Sulcascaris (S.) sulcata is one of the most frequently reported pathogenic parasite of gastrointestinal tract of sea turtles, with wide diffusion in warm marine ecosystems of Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean basin. Sea turtles, including the Mediterranean loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), act as definitive hosts by ingesting infected bivalve and gastropod molluscs with fourth- larval s...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c04f64a3-60fe-580b-9198-32a2a1ca08fb
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202606.0734.v1
