DIGENETIC TREMATODES (CRYPTOGONIMIDAE, ACANTHOSTOMINAE) PARASITES OF THE CAIMAN, CAIMAN-CROCODILUS-YACARE (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA) FROM THE PANTANAL MATO-GROSSENSE, BRAZIL, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

Authors
CATTO JB AMATO JFR
Citation
Jb. Catto et Jfr. Amato, DIGENETIC TREMATODES (CRYPTOGONIMIDAE, ACANTHOSTOMINAE) PARASITES OF THE CAIMAN, CAIMAN-CROCODILUS-YACARE (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA) FROM THE PANTANAL MATO-GROSSENSE, BRAZIL, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 88(3), 1993, pp. 435-440
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
435 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1993)88:3<435:DT(APO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Proctocaecum dorsale n. sp. is described and Caimanicola marajoara Fre itas & Lent, 1938 is redescribed based on specimens collected from Cai man crocodilus yacare (Daudin) from the Pantanal Mato-grossense, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This report extends southward the know n geographic distribution of C. marajoara. It is the first record of t he genus Proctocaecum in South America, and in the caiman. Proctocaecu m dorsale n. sp. differs from the other eight species in the genus by the dorsal location of the anal openings, instead of being lateral or in the posterior extremity of the body.