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Systematics • Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 96 (7) • Oct 2001 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762001000700011 linkcopy

Open-access Report of Didymocystis wedli Ariola, 1902 (Digenea; Didymozoidae) from Thunnus albacares in Brazil

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Abstract

Didymocystis wedli a parasite from the gills of Thunnus albacares from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, is described by use of light and scanning electron microscopy. This is the first report of this species in Brazil and South America. New data are presented on the surface topography as demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy.

Didymocystis wedli; Digenea; Thunnus albacares; Brazil

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