Morphological aspects of Clinostomidae metacercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in Hoplerytrinus unitaeniatusand Hoplias malabaricus (Pisces: Erythrinidae) of the Neotropical region, Brazil

Morphological aspects of Clinostomidae metacercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in Hoplerytrinus unitaeniatusand Hoplias malabaricus (Pisces: Erythrinidae) of the Neotropical region, Brazil

Species of fish of Marajó Island, State of Pará, Brazil, were examined to identify the trematodes parasitizing 102 Hoplerytrinus unitaeniatus (gold wolf fish) and 104 Hoplias malabaricus (thraira). Metacercariae of two species of trematodes, 170 specimens of Clinostomatopsis sorbens and 10 Ithyoclin...

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Main Authors: RAIMUNDO N.M. BENIGNO, MARCELO KNOFF, EDILSON R. MATOS, DELIR C. GOMES, ROBERTO M. PINTO, SÉRGIO C. SÃO CLEMENTE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2014-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Clinostomidae
Hoplerytrinus unitaeniatus
Hoplias malabaricus
Brasil
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