Marine leech, Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Hirudinea, piscicolidae), parasitic on the whaler shark, Carcharhinus Brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), in Southern Brazilian waters
Rev. bras. biol
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60(4): 713-714, Nov. 2000. ilus
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ABSTRACT
The presence of the sea leech, Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), is marked in the south coast of Brazil, based on the single specimen with 67 mm (CT), collected in the intergill ventral region of a whaler shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (Chondrichtyes, Carcharhinidae), adult male with about 2 m (CT), being treated of the first registrations of S. macrothela in the Southwest Atlantic and the parasitic association with C. brachyurus
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Main subject:
Sharks
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Leeches
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. bras. biol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade do Vale do Itajaí/BR
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