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Parasitism of Phalloceros harpagos (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) by Sebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) in the headwaters of the Cambé River, Paraná State, Brazil

2010; Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (Brazil); Volume: 70; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1519-69842010005000004

ISSN

1678-4375

Autores

Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida, AT. Silva-Souza, DL. Sales,

Tópico(s)

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Resumo

Lucinda, 2008 were collected in February 2002 in the headwaters of the Cambe River (23° 16’ S and 91° 17’ W), municipality of Cambe, Parana State, Brazil, using gillnets and dipnets.The captured fish were transported to the Parasites Ecology of Aquatic Organisms Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, where they were weighed (total weight in grammes), measured (total and standard length in centimetres), and subsequently submitted to a full necropsy examining the following organs: gills, stom-ach, intestines, swimming bladder, kidneys, liver, mus-cles, heart, gonads, eyes and brain.Pentastomid cysts were removed and opened in or-der to collect and prepare the parasite nymphs for identi-fication. Part of the sample was fixed in FAA, preserved in 70% alcohol and mounted on permanent slides in Hoyer’s medium

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