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ZOOLOGIA • AAActa Amaz. 22 (4) • Oct-Dec 1992 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-43921992224613 linkcopy

Open-access TWO UNUSUAL NEW GENERA OF PARAMPHISTOMIDAE (TREMATODA, DIGENEA) FROM FRESHWATER FISH OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

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    Abstracts

    Two new genera and species of Paramphistomidae (Tremadota, Digenea) are described from freshwater fish of the Brazilian Amazon. Anavilhanatrema robusta gen. et sp. nov. is characterized as having a cylindrical body with an anterior expansion, small suckers, a small cirrus sac, large lobate testes, a lobate ovary, long ceca and extensive vitellaria. Pacudistoma turgida gen. et sp. nov., on the other hand, is distinguished by having a stout, cylindrical body, a large oral sucker with internal diverticula, a large genital sucker, smaller lobate testes, a spherical ovary, long ceca and relatively extensive vitellaria. Both species appear to be host specific with A. robusta found in Pristobrycon striolatus (STEINDACHNER) while P. turgida occurus in Hyleus pacu (SCHOMBURCK).

    amphistome; trematode; Amazon; fish parasite.

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