Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) of Fishes from the Amazon River in Peru
Authors:
- Alain de ChambrierACAlain de Chambrier
- Tomáš ScholzTSTomáš Scholz
- Roman KuchtaRoman Kuchta
- Petr PoselPPPetr Posel
- Martin MortenthalerMMMartin Mortenthaler
- Carlos Chuquipiondo GuardiaCGCarlos Chuquipiondo Guardia
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Helminthological Society in Comparative Parasitology
- Vol. 73 (1) , 111-120
Abstract
This article provides the first data on the occurrence of adult proteocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) in freshwater fishes from the Peruvian part of the Amazon River. In total, 29 species of proteocephalidean cestodes of the genera Amphoteromorphus, Chambriella, Choanoscolex, Euzetiella, Houssayela, Mariauxiella, Monticellia, Nomimoscolex, Nupelia, Peltidocotyle, Proteocephalus, Rudolphiella, Scholzia, Sciadocephalus, Spatulifer, Travassiella, and Zygobothrium are reported from 10 species of pimelodid, heptapterid and doradid catfish and the cichlids Astronotus ocellatus and Cichla monoculus. All species are reported from western Amazonia and Peru for the first time, with 6 taxa representing new geographical records for the Amazon River basin. The most remarkable finding is that of Houssayela sudobim (Woodland, 1935) from Pseudoplatystoma fasciatus, reported for the first time since its original description. Four other taxa (Chambriella sp. and Proteocephalus sp. from Phractocephalus hemioliopter...Keywords
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