title: Redescription of Rhamnocercus stichospinus Seamster and Monaco, 1956 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), parasitic on Menticirrhus americanus (Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae) from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: Rhamnocercus stichospinus Seamster and Monaco, 1956 (Diplectanidae) parasitic on the sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, is redescribed and recorded for the first time in the South American Atlantic Ocean. The generic diagnosis of Rhamnocercus is emended to accommodate the presence of confluent intestinal ceca in R. stichospinus.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 23851-970, Brasil.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Cezar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010271:Parasites / Q000033:anatomy & histology*