Parasites of commercial shrimps and fishes in Argentine sea: on the adult and metacercaria of Opecoeloides feliciae n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Sergio Roberto Martorelli¹ 

[1] ,Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores La Plata,Argentina

关键词: Opecoeloides feliciae n. sp.;    Digenea;    Sciaenidae fishes;    crustacean intermediate hosts;    South Atlantic Ocean;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761992000100008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Opecoeloides feliciae n. sp., first record of opecoelid metacercariae in commercial shrimps of South Atlantic Ocean, parasitizing Cynoscion striatus (adults) and Artemesia longinaris (metacercariae), is described, illustrated and compared with related species of the genus. Adults, immature worms and metacercariae are compared, and rates of prevalence and intensity of infection are also given.

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