Canaania obesa (Platyhelminthes: Dicrocoeliidae): redescription and new hosts records

The digenetic trematode Canaania obesa Travassos, 1944 (Dicrocoeliidae) was described as a parasite of the bile ducts of the rodent Akodon cursor Winge, 1887 (Cricetidae) collected in Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. In the present study, we report the occurrence of C. obesa infecting...

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Main Authors: Arnaldo Maldonado Junior, Jairo Pinheiro, Raquel de O. Simões, Reinalda M. Lanfredi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010-10-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000500015