Taxonomic reports of Homeacanthoidea (Eucestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in Lamnid and Sphyrnid elasmobranchs collected off the coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Elasmobranch specimens of lamnid and sphyrnid captured in 1999 in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, were parasitized with homeacanthoid trypanorhynch cestodes: Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 with Nybelinia lingualis (Cuvier, 1817) Dollfus, 1929; Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) with Heteronybelinia rougetcampanae (Dollfus, 1960) Palm, 1999. New details of internal morphology and/or scolex and/or proglottid surface ultrastructure are given. Adults of N. lingualis are reported for the first time in the Brazilian coast.
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Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. dcgomes@ioc.fiocruz.br
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018940:Elasmobranchii / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D010802:Phylogeny; D012623:Seawater