Taxonomic reports of Homeacanthoidea (Eucestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in Lamnid and Sphyrnid elasmobranchs collected off the coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Elasmobranch specimens of lamnid and sphyrnid captured in 1999 in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, were parasitized with homeacanthoid trypanorhynch cestodes : Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 with Nybelinia lingualis (Cuvier, 1817) Dollfus, 1929 ; Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) with Heteron...

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Main Authors: Gomes D.C., Knoff M., São Clemente S.C., Lanfredi R.M., Pinto R.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2005-03-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2005121015