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ACTA PARASITOLOGICA
Volume 54, Issue 4, Pages 368-373Publisher
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0056-9
Keywords
Digenea; Ectenurus virgulus; Elytrophalloides oatesi; Lecithocladium cristatum; Parahemiurus merus; Aponurus laguncula; Brazillian flathead; Percophis brasiliensis; Argentina; Uruguay
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero, Mar del Plata
- Instituto de Biologia Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni (San Antonio Oeste)
- PICT [2007-02199, 320/08]
- UNMdP EXA [411/08-15/E 359]
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Based on the examination of 234 specimens of the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae), caught in the Argentinean and Uruguayan Seas, the list of digenean species parasitizing P. brasiliensis is increased from 6 to 9, including the specific identification of two species previously reported at the generic level. The three news digenean records for P. brasiliensis are: Elytrophalloides oatesi, Parahemiurus merus and Aponurus laguncula, while that Ectenurus virgulus and Lecithocladium cristatum were identified to specific level. These reports showed the highest diversity of digeneans registered in fishes from the study region. The diversity of the digenean fauna of P. brasiliensis could be a consequence of the generalist food habits of this fish.
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