Spasskyellina mandi n. sp. (Proteocephalidea:Monticelliidae), parasite of Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1857 (Pisces:Pimelodidae) of the Paraná River, Paraná, Brazil.
Spasskyellina mandi n. sp. (Proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae) is described from the Siluriform fish Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1857, caught in the Paraná River, Paraná, Brazil. The new species differs from other species of the same genus mainly by a fewer number of testes and by a larger osmoregulatory canal. This is the second species of proteocephalidean cestode collected in P. ornatus.
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Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura (NUPELIA), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brasil. nupelia@uem.br
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification*; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water