Endoparasites of Steindachinerina brevipinna (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889), collected in the tributaries Corvo and Guairacá of Paranapanema river, Paraná State, Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i2.4102

Steindachinerina brevipinna is a freshwater fish from the Curimatidae family, and its occurrence is restricted to some South American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), distributed in the Paraguay, lower and upper Paraná and lower Uruguay rivers. There are no parasitological studie...

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Published in:Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences 2010-05, Vol.32 (2)
Main Authors: Tiago Lopes Ceschini, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Fábio Hideki Yamada, Luis Henrique de Aquino Moreira, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corvo
diplostominae
Guairacá
Oxyuridae
Steindachnerina brevipinna
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Summary:Steindachinerina brevipinna is a freshwater fish from the Curimatidae family, and its occurrence is restricted to some South American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), distributed in the Paraguay, lower and upper Paraná and lower Uruguay rivers. There are no parasitological studies related to this fish. The present study records and illustrates a species of digenean, Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum from subfamily Diplostominae, present on the ovary and three species of nematodes, Cosmoxynema vianai Travassos, 1949, Travnema travnema Pereira, 1938, Spinoxyuris sp., of superfamily Oxyuridea, parasitizing the intestine of S. brevipinna collected in the tributaries Guairacá and Corvo of the Paranapanema River, Parana State, Brazil.
ISSN:1679-9283
1807-863X
DOI:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i2.4102