Ergasilus trygonophilus sp. nov. (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) a branchial parasite of freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae) from state of Pará, Brazil
Ergasilus trygonophilus sp. nov. is described from freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygon spp. and Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987) from the state of Pará, Brazil. The new species differs from all known species of Ergasilus Nordman, 1832 from Brazilian waters by possessing: (1) an...
Main Authors: | Marcus V. Domingues, Taísa M. Marques |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2010-10-01
|
Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000500020 |
Similar Items
-
Morfometria de raias continentais (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae) do alto rio Paraná, Brasil = Morphometry of upper Paraná river freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae)
by: Antonio Guilherme Cândido da Silva, et al.
Published: (2007-10-01) -
Potamotrygon boesemani (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), a new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray from Surinam
by: Ricardo S. Rosa, et al. -
A test of the utility of DNA barcoding in the radiation of the freshwater stingray genus Potamotrygon (Potamotrygonidae, Myliobatiformes)
by: Daniel Toffoli, et al.
Published: (2008-01-01) -
Morphology of lateral line canals in Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from Negro River, Brazilian Amazon
by: Akemi Shibuya, et al. -
A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray of the genus Potamotrygon Garman, 1877 from the Río Madrede Díos, Peru (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)
by: João Paulo C.B. da Silva, et al.
Published: (2011-01-01)