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A new species of Parapharyngodon Chatterji, 1933 (Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae), parasitic in Osteocephalus taurinus (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

T.A.P. Santos
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia ‘Profa Dra Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi’ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa 01, Guamá CEP: 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brasil
E.G.G. Argolo
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia ‘Profa Dra Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi’ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa 01, Guamá CEP: 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brasil
A.N. Santos
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia ‘Profa Dra Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi’ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa 01, Guamá CEP: 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brasil
A.R.O. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia ‘Profa Dra Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi’ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa 01, Guamá CEP: 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brasil
C.E. Gonzaléz
Affiliation:
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ruta Provincial Número 5, km 2.5, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
J.N. Santos
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia ‘Profa Dra Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi’ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa 01, Guamá CEP: 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brasil
F.T.V. Melo*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia ‘Profa Dra Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi’ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa 01, Guamá CEP: 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brasil
*
Author for correspondence: F.T.V. Melo, E-mail: ftiago@ufpa.br

Abstract

Parapharyngodon politoedi n. sp. is described here, based on specimens found in the large intestines of Osteocephalus taurinus from the Caxiuanã National Forest, State of Pará, Brazil. The new species is assigned to Parapharyngodon based on the presence of non-embryonated eggs with sub-terminal opercula, when in the ovijector. Parapharyngodon politoedi belongs to a group of species with three pairs of cloacal papillae and differs from its congeners by morphometric aspects, such as the length of the spicule, and the combination of the following morphological characters: ovaries never encircling the oesophagus, tail shape in females, cloacal lips, sharply pointed spicule and presence of genital cone. This is the second species of nematode reported to parasitize O. taurinus and the eleventh species of Parapharyngodon from hylids in the Neotropical region.

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Research Paper
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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