Choledocystus elegans (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) of Leptodactylus paraensis (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
The trematodes are parasites of the several vertebrates including amphibians, however the knowledge about of the taxonomy these parasites is still confuse. The trematode Choledocystus elegans was found in the small intestine of the Leptodactylus paraensis in eastern Amazon and presents the following...
| Autor principal: | GOMES, Tássia Fernanda Furo |
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| Outros Autores: | MELO, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos, GEISE, Elane Guerreiro, FURTADO, Adriano Penha, SANTOS, Jeannie Nascimento dos |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | eng |
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Universidade Federal do Pará
2018
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http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/9608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612017049 |
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The trematodes are parasites of the several vertebrates including amphibians, however the knowledge about of the taxonomy these parasites is still confuse. The trematode Choledocystus elegans was found in the small intestine of the Leptodactylus paraensis in eastern Amazon and presents the following characteristics: several pointed tegumentary spines, papillae on the outer and inner edges of the oral and ventral suckers, a round, well-developed cirrus sac, a well-developed cirrus, oblique testicles, a ovary right side, uterine loops extending between the testicles, follicular vitellaria distributed throughout the body, starting at the genital pore region and caeca close the end of the body. For the first time, this study identified C. elegans parasitizing L. paraensis and describes morphological aspects never characterized using light and scanning electron microscopy. |