Paranaella luquei (Monogenea: Microcotylidae), an ectoparasite from the gills of Steindachnerina brevipinna, in the tributaries Corvo and Guairacá, Paranapanema River, Paraná, Brazil

Autor: Tiago Lopes Ceschini, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Luís Henrique de Aquino Moreira, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli, Fábio Hideki Yamada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Helminthologia, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 29-32 (2010)
ISSN: 1336-9083
0440-6605
Popis: Paranaella luquei is a monogenean from family Microcotylidae, which was found parasitizing the gills of Steindachnerina brevipinna (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889), collected in two different tributaries of Paranapanema River, Paraná, Brazil. This parasite was the first species of Microcotylidae described parasitizing freshwater fishes (Hypostomus sp., Hypostomus regani (Ihering) and Rhinelepis aspera Spix & Agassiz (Loricariidae) in the country.
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