A NEW SPECIES OF PHYLLODISTOMUM BRAUN, 1899 (DIGENEA, GORGODERIDAE) FROM RHAMDIA-QUELEN (QUOY AND GAIMARD, 1824) (SILURIFORMES, PIMELODIDAE)

Authors
AMATO SB AMATO JFR
Citation
Sb. Amato et Jfr. Amato, A NEW SPECIES OF PHYLLODISTOMUM BRAUN, 1899 (DIGENEA, GORGODERIDAE) FROM RHAMDIA-QUELEN (QUOY AND GAIMARD, 1824) (SILURIFORMES, PIMELODIDAE), Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 88(4), 1993, pp. 557-559
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
88
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
557 - 559
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1993)88:4<557:ANSOPB>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Phyllodistomum rhamdiae n. sp. is described based on specimens collect ed from the urinary bladder of freshwater catfishes, Rhamdia quelen, c aught from the Guandu river, outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species is characterized by its sucker wi dth ratio equal to 1:1, by the large size of the gonads and their spat ial arrangement.