<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper describes a new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Trematoda, Digenea), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904, a freshwater fish. The fish were collected from the Purus River, Amazonas State, Brazil. This new species has a long body and, different from other species of the genus, an arch-shaped ovary and a sinuous oesophagus with an ovoid bulb. This is the first record of Dadayius in cichlid fish; to date Dadayius has only been found parasitizing characid fish.</p></abstract>

The present paper describes a new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Trematoda, Digenea), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904, a freshwater fish. The fish were collected from the Purus River, Amazonas State, Brazil. This new species has a long body and, different from other species of the genus, an arch-shaped ovary and a sinuous oesophagus with an ovoid bulb. This is the first record of Dadayius in cichlid fish; to date Dadayius has only been found parasitizing characid fish.

A new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Cladorchiidae), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904 (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Purus River, Amazon, Brazil

Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 - PEA - Bloco G90, Sala 11, CEP 87.020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil

Instituto Piagacu, Rua U/Z, número 8, Quadra Z, Conjunto Morada do Sol Aleixo, cep: 69060-095, Manaus, AM, Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biologia Aquática - CPBA, Cx. Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, AM, Brazil

Helminthologia

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The present paper describes a new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Trematoda, Digenea), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904, a freshwater...

A new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Cladorchiidae), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904 (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Purus River, Amazon, Brazil

Publicado en línea: 08 sept 2011

Páginas: 200 - 202

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0029-z

Palabras clave
Amazon Basin, endoparasites, fish, acará-disco

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Cladorchiidae), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904 (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Purus River, Amazon, Brazil

Publicado en línea: 08 sept 2011

Páginas: 200 - 202

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0029-z

Palabras claveAmazon Basin, endoparasites, fish, acará-disco

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Amazon Basin, endoparasites, fish, acará-disco