Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) lanfrediae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the fish Satanoperca jurupari (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae)

Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) lanfrediae sp. nov. is described from the intestine of the freshwater fish Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel) (Cichlidae) from the Guamá River, state of Pará, Brazil. The prevalence in fish (n = 59) was 27% with intensity of one-124 (mean 16) nematodes per fish. The new spec...

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Autores: MELO, Marly de Fátima Carvalho de, SANTOS, Jeannie Nascimento dos, GIESE, Elane Guerreiro, SANTOS, Everton Gustavo Nunes dos, SANTOS, Cláudia Portes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFPA
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufpa.br:2011/2371
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/2371
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris)
Satanoperca jurupari
Cichlidae
Peixe - Rio Guamá (PA)
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Sumario:Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) lanfrediae sp. nov. is described from the intestine of the freshwater fish Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel) (Cichlidae) from the Guamá River, state of Pará, Brazil. The prevalence in fish (n = 59) was 27% with intensity of one-124 (mean 16) nematodes per fish. The new species is characterized mainly by the markedly larger size of ventricular appendix in relation to the oesophagus, presence of short male caudal alae, 14-16 subventral pairs of preanal papillae and six pairs of postanal papillae.