Sphaerospora festivus n. sp., a parasite of the flag cichlid, Mesonauta festivus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from eastern Amazon, Brazil

Sphaerospora festivus n. sp., a parasite of the flag cichlid, Mesonauta festivus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from eastern Amazon, Brazil

Abstract The present study describes a new species of the genus Sphaerospora found in the urinary bladder of the flag cichlid, Mesonauta festivus collected in Corre Água district of the municipality of Macapá, Amapá State (Brazil). The study includes morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the ne...

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Main Authors: Luana Silva Bittencourt, Roger Leomar da Silva Ferreira, Marcela Nunes Videira, Marcelo Francisco da Silva, Diehgo Tuloza da Silva, Igor Hamoy, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho, Edilson Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2021-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Subjects:
Amazonia
morphometry
myxozoa
Sphaerospora festivus
18S rRNA
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