Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
versión impresa ISSN 0074-0276
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz v.87 supl.1 Rio de Janeiro 1992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761992000500030
On Machadosentis travassosi n. g., n. sp. (Eoacanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) parasite of a moray Gymnothorax ocellatus in Brazil
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Helmintologia, Brasil
Machadosentis travassosi n. g., n. sp. an acanthocephalan parasite of a moray are proposed after comparison with the related genera in Quadrigyridae VVan Cleave, 1920. The new genus differs from the other related by the arrangement of proboscis hooks (five circles of rows with five hooks each, with well developed roots) besides the distribution of cuticular spines.











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