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| MARTINS,M. L.; FUJIMOTO,R. Y.; ANDRADE,P. M.; TAVARES-DIAS,M.. |
| The present work described helminth parasites of curimbatá, Prochilodus lineatus Valenciennes, 1836 from Volta Grande Reservoir, MG, Brazil. Eighteen fishes with average 46.7 ± 1.1 cm length and 1,674.8 ± 75.6 g weight were collected. Of the analysed fishes, 15 were parasitized with acanthocephalans in the intestine, showing a prevalence of 83.3%. The helminth was identified as Neoechinorhynchus curemai Noronha, 1973 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae). It differs from other species in dimension of characters and morphology. From the original description of N. curemai, it differs from the biggest dimension of testis, elongated cement gland, nucleated lemnisci, eggs size, larger proboscis hooks length in the middle and in the third circle in males and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acanthocephala; Neoechinorhynchus curemai; Prochilodus lineatus; Minas Gerais; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71082000000400019 |
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