| floriceps saccatus plerocerci (trypanorhyncha, lacistorhynchidae) as parasites of dolphin fish (coryphaena hippurus l.) and pompano dolphin (coryphaena equiselis l.) in western mediterranean and eastern atlantic waters. ecological and biological aspects. | a study of the plerocerci of floriceps saccatus from the abdominal cavity of dolphin fish (coryphaena hippurus) and pompano dolphin (coryphaena equiselis) was conducted. in all, 565 dolphin fishes were collected from majorcan waters (balearic islands, western mediterranean) during 3 summer and autumn seasons (1990, 1991, and 1995). from the canary islands (eastern atlantic), 41 specimens of dolphin fish were caught during 1994 and 49 specimens of pompano dolphin during 1995. cysts of different s ... | 1998 | 9794650 |
| 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 |
| [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 |