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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/39889| Title: | Artystone minima n. sp. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) a body cavity parasite of the pencil fish (Nannostomus beckfordi GUENTHER) from the Brazilian Amazon |
| Authors: | Thatcher, Vernon E. Carvalho, Miriam Leal |
| Keywords: | Artystone Minima |
| Issue Date: | 1988 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Amazoniana |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 10, fascículo 3, 1988, página 255-265 |
| Abstract: | The infected fish were caught in backwaters of the upper Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil. The new species is morphologically similar to Artystone trysibia SCHIODTE, 1866, from which it differs in several important respects. A. minima n. sp. is smaller (3.3 - 6.9 mm rather than 22 - 25 mm). The small body size of these parasites permits them to infect smaller fish hosts (3 - 4 cm instead of 15 - 30 cm). |
| metadata.dc.description.resumo: | Os peixes infestados foram capturados em águas lênticas nas margens do Alto Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. A nova espécie é morfologicamente semelhante à Artystone trysibia SCHILDT, 1866, da qual se distingue por vários caracteres importantes. A mínima n. sp. é menor (3.3 - 6.9 mm em vez de 22.- 25 mm). O tamanho pequeno destes parasitas faz com que podem invadir hospedeiros menores (3 - 4 cm e não 15 - 30 cm). |
| Appears in Collections: | Fascículo 3, Ano 1988 |
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