%0 Journal Article
%T Redescription of Nomimoscolex piraeeba Woodland, 1934 (Cestoda, Proteocephalidea), from the Amazon catfishes, Brachyplatystoma spp. with proposal of synonyms and invalidation of Endorchiinae and Endorchis
%A Rego
%A A. Arandas
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 1991
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02761991000200013
%X the proteocephalid species nomimoscolex piraeeba woodland, 1934, n. dorad (woodland, 1935) and endorchis piraeeba woodland, 1934, from brachyplatystoma spp., south american silurid fishes, are critically revised. it is concluded that they concern to one species, n. piraeeba. the endorchiinae, a subfamily of monticelliidae, and genus endorchis are invalidated herein. the valid species of endorchiinae, belonging to genus muzophorus, m. admonticellia woodland, 1934, m. pirarara woodland, 1934 and m. woodlandi rego, 1984, are transferred provisionally to zygobothriinae.
%K proteocephalidea
%K nomimoscolex piraeeba
%K brachyplatystoma spp.
%K endorchis piraeeba
%K nomimoscolex dorad
%K endorchiinae.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02761991000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en