| new record of two genera of trypanorhynch cestodes infecting red sea fishes in egypt. | callitetrarhynchus and floriceps (lacistorhynchidae: trypanorhyncha) belong to the less host specific genera with a wide host range. the present study reported plerocerci of callitetrarhynchus speciosus linton, 1897 from conger cinereus, longfine african conger (family: congridae) and c. gracilis pintner, 1931 (family: lacistorhynchidae) from five new teleost hosts of 2 different families: lethrinus mehsena, sky emperor and l. variegatus, variegated emperor (lethrinidae); cephalopholis miniata, ... | 2008 | 19143138 |
| anisakidae nematodes and trypanorhyncha cestodes of hygienic importance infecting the king mackerel scomberomorus cavalla (osteichthyes: scombridae) in brazil. | from february to october 2007, thirty specimens of the king mackerel, scomberomorus cavalla (cuvier, 1829) were purchased from markets in the municipalities of niterói and rio de janeiro. the fishes were measured, filleted and further had their organs investigated for helminths. ten out of the thirty fish specimens were parasitized with anisakid nematodes represented by anisakis sp. and contracaecum sp. with prevalence of 1% and 16%, mean intensity of 2 and 3.31 and mean abundance of 0.02 and 0. ... | 2010 | 21115292 |
| [larvae of anisakidae nematodes and trypanorhyncha cestodes of public health importance in aluterus monoceros (linnaeus, 1758) in rio de janeiro state, brazil]. | one hundred specimens of unicorn leatherjacket, aluterus monoceros purchased from markets of municipalities of niterói and rio de janeiro from may to august 2006. the fishes were measured, necropsied, fileted and analysed their organs. sixteen fishes were parasitized by nematode anisakidae: anisakis spp. and contracaecum sp. with respectively, 1 and 16% of prevalence, 2 and 3.31 of mean intensity, and 0.02 and 0.53 of mean abundance. two larvae of anisakis sp. were found in mesentery of one fish ... | 2010 | 20624345 |
| the taxonomy of some poecilacanthoidea (eucestoda: trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranchs off the southern coast of brazil. | specimens of elasmobranchs, collected in the state of santa catarina, brazil, were parasitized with poecilacanthoidea trypanorhynch cestodes. sharks of the species prionace glauca harboured callitetrarhynchus gracilis and floriceps saccatus, and those of the species sphyrna zygaena were infected with callitetrarhynchus speciosus. details of the proglottids of f. saccatus, provided by bright-field, and/or scanning electron microscopy, are described. adults of f. saccatus are reported for the firs ... | 2006 | 16923274 |