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Redescription of Thometrema magnifica (Szidat, 1954) Gibson & Bray, 1979 (Trematoda: Hemiuroidea), with comments on the validity of T. portoalegrensis Amato, 1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. Kohn ,
O. M. Fróes ,
B. M. M. Fernandes  and
B. Abramson
A. Kohn
Affiliation:
Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, C.P. 926, Rio de Janeiro, R. J. Brasil;
O. M. Fróes
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, R. G. S., Brasil
B. M. M. Fernandes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, C.P. 926, Rio de Janeiro, R. J. Brasil;
B. Abramson
Affiliation:
Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, C.P. 926, Rio de Janeiro, R. J. Brasil;
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Abstract

Thometrema magnifica from Hypostomus commersoni and Loricariichthys anus (new host) is redescribed with additional morphological data and original figures, measurements and figures of Szidat's paratypes. Gibson & Bray's hypothesis that T. portoalegrensis is its synonym is confirmed.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 143 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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