REPORT OF TWO PARASITES FROM BRAZILIAN TUNAS

Authors

  • Anna Kohn Pesquisador Titular e Chefe do Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ e Pesquisador I do CNPq.
  • Antonia Lucia dos Santos Tecnologista do Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
  • Simone C. Cohen Pesquisador Associado do Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v36i1-2.6484

Keywords:

Hirudinella ventricosa, Sibitrema poonui, tunas, fish parasites, Brazil

Abstract

Studies of different species of tunas from the shore of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil were carried out. The digenean Hirudinella ventricosa (Pallas, 1774) (Hirudinellidae), already referred in Brazil in Scomberomorus cavala (common named “cavala”), is now reported parasitizing Katsuwonus pelamis (“bonito”). The monogenean Sibitrema poonui Yamaguti, 1966 (Gastrocotylidae), parasitizing Thunnus albacares (“albacora”) e T. obesus (“patudo”), is referred for the first time in South America. Original figures and measurements are presented.

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2017-03-10

How to Cite

Kohn, A., dos Santos, A. L., & Cohen, S. C. (2017). REPORT OF TWO PARASITES FROM BRAZILIAN TUNAS. Arquivos De Ciências Do Mar, 36(1-2), 19–22. https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v36i1-2.6484

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