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Biology • Braz. J. Biol. 74 (2) • May 2014 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.10112   copy

First record of an epibiont protozoan Epistylis sp. (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) attached to Ergasilus chelangulatus (Ergasilidae) in Brazil

Primeiro registro do protozoário epibionte Epistylis sp. (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) aderido à Ergasilus chelangulatus (Ergasilidae) no Brasil

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In the present paper, we described the first record of an epibiont protozoan Epistylis sp. Ehrenberg, 1830EHRENBERG, CG., 1830. Neue Beobachtungen über blutartige Erscheinungen in Aegypten, Arabien und Sibirien, nebst einer Uebersicht und Kritik der früher bekannten. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, vol. 94, no. 4, p. 477-514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.18300940402.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.183009404... (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) attached to Ergasilus chelangulatus Thatcher and Brasil-Sato, 2008THATCHER, VE. and BRASIL-SATO, MC., 2008. Ergasilus chelangulatus sp. nov. (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) a branchial parasite of the freshwater catfish, Pimelodus maculatus from the upper São Francisco River, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 512-514., parasite of Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803LACÉPÈDE, BGE., 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 5, p. 1-803. in Brazil, with electron microscope observations. Fish were collected in Veados River, state of São Paulo and the crustacean Ergasilus chelangulatus being registered for the first time in this river, expanding its geographical distribution in Brazil.

Epistylis ; Ergasilus chelangulatus ; Veados River; Brazil; epibiosis

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