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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/40075| Title: | Description of adults of Octospiniferoides incognita SCHMIDT & HUGGHINS, 1973, (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) frorn a fish of Rondônia State, Brazil |
| Authors: | Thatcher, Vernon E. |
| Keywords: | Acanthocephala |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Amazoniana |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 15, fascículo 1/2,1998, página 51-55 |
| Abstract: | Adults of Octospini/eroides incognita SCHMIDT & HUGGHINS, 1973, (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) are described for the first time. The host fish, Schizodon fasciatum AGASSIZ, was taken from the Guaporé River of Rondônia State, Brazil. Three male specimens were 3.7 - P.9 mm long and six females were 4.2 - 10.7 mm long. Large proboscis hooks in the anterior circle were 78 - 88 micrometers; medium hooks were 44 - 66 pm and the small posterior ones were 37 - 44 pm. |
| Appears in Collections: | Fascículo 1/2 , Ano 1998 |
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