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

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...

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Autor principal: Martorelli, Sergio Roberto
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1992
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/34937
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v87n1/vol87(f1)_042-047.pdf
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Sumario: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.