LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Morphological and molecular insights of a new species of trypanorhynchid cestode parasite, Nybelinia exostigmi, in the Narrowstripe cardinal fish Apogon exostigma

Al Quraishy, Saleh; Dkhil, Mohamed Abdel Monem; Abdel-Gaber, Rewaida; Al-Shaebi, Esam; Jaffal, Ahmad Abu; Morsy, Kareem.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 28 (2), 2019

Abstract Forty specimens of the Narrowstripe cardinal fish Apogon exostigma were examined for gastrointestinal helminthes, and 62.5% were infected with a new trypanorhynchid larval cestode parasite. The morphology of its larval stage was studied based on light and scanning electron microscopy. The data r...

Cestodos/anatomía & histología, Cestodos/clasificación, Cestodos/genética, Cestodos/aislamiento & purificación, Infecciones por Cestodos/parasitología, Enfermedades de los Peces/parasitología, Perciformes/clasificación, Perciformes/parasitología, Filogenia, ARN Ribosómico 18S/genética

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A new species of Acanthobothrium (Eucestoda: Onchobothriidae) in Aetobatus cf. narinari (Myliobatidae) from Campeche, México

Abstract The helminthological examination of nine individuals of Aetobatus cf. narinari (spotted eagle ray; raya pinta; arraia pintada) revealed the presence of an undescribed species of cestode of the genus Acanthobothrium. The stingrays were collected from four locations in México: Laguna Términos, s...