Taxonomic reports of Otobothrioidea (Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranch fishes of the southern coast off Brazil

Specimens of elasmobranch fishes, captured in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, of the southern coast off Brazil, represented by three families, four genera, and four species, were parasitized with otobothrioid trypanorhynch cestodes: Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788), Squalus sp. and Car...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi, Delir Corrêa Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000100006