Monogenea parasites of Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) (Pisces, Sciaenidae) from the littoral of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

From the gills of 100 Micropogonia furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) from Atlantic coast of Rio de Janeiro State, were recovered Macrovalvitrema sinaloense Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955, Pterinotrematoides mexicanum Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955, Rhamnocercus rhmnocercus Monaco, Wood & Mizelle, 1954 and Encotyllabe spari Yamaguti, 1934. M. furnieri represents a new host record for them and a new geographical dsitribution is referred for M. sinaloense, P. mexicanum and R. rhmnocercus.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kohn,Anna, Santos,Cláudia Portes, Cohen,Simone Chinicz
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1989
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761989000800051
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