%0 Journal Article
%T Spasskyellina mandi n. sp. (Proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae), parasite of Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1857 (Pisces: Pimelodidae) of the Paran¨¢ River, Paran¨¢, Brazil
%A Pavanelli
%A Gilberto C
%A Takemoto
%A Ricardo M
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 1996
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02761996000600013
%X spasskyellina mandi n. sp. (proteocephalidea: monticelliidae) is described from the siluriform fish pimelodus ornatus kner, 1857, caught in the paran¨¢ river, paran¨¢, brazil. the new species differs from other species of the same genus mainly by a fewer number of testes and by a larger osmoregulatory canal. this is the second species of proteocephalidean cestode collected in p. ornatus.
%K proteocephalidea
%K monticelliidae
%K spasskyellina mandi n. sp.
%K pimelodus ornatus
%K paran¨¢ river
%K brazil.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02761996000600013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en