First record of an epibiont protozoan Epistylis sp. (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) attached to Ergasilus chelangulatus (Ergasilidae) in Brazil

In the present paper, we described the first record of an epibiont protozoan Epistylis sp. Ehrenberg, 1830 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) attached to Ergasilus chelangulatus Thatcher and Brasil-Sato, 2008, parasite of Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803 in Brazil, with electron microscope observations. Fi...

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Published in:	Brazilian journal of biology Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 460 - 463
Main Authors:	Azevedo, R K, Brandão, H, Abdallah, V D, Silva, R J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 01-05-2014
Subjects:	Animals BIOLOGY Brazil Catfishes - parasitology epibiosis Epistylis Ergasilus chelangulatus Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Oligohymenophorea - classification Oligohymenophorea - isolation & purification Oligohymenophorea - ultrastructure Rivers Veados River Brazil Epistylis Brasil Veados River Brazil Ergasilus chelangulatus Rio dos Veados epibiosis epibiose
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Summary:	In the present paper, we described the first record of an epibiont protozoan Epistylis sp. Ehrenberg, 1830 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) attached to Ergasilus chelangulatus Thatcher and Brasil-Sato, 2008, parasite of Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803 in Brazil, with electron microscope observations. Fish were collected in Veados River, state of São Paulo and the crustacean Ergasilus chelangulatus being registered for the first time in this river, expanding its geographical distribution in Brazil.
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ISSN:	1519-6984 1678-4375 1678-4375 1519-6984
DOI:	10.1590/1519-6984.10112