A new genus and species of amphistome parasite (Trematoda: Cladorchiidae) from 
a fish of Rondônia State, Brazil

Thatcher, Vernon E.

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A new genus and species of amphistome parasite (Trematoda: Cladorchiidae) from a fish of Rondônia State, Brazil

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Thatcher, V. E. (2000). A new genus and species of amphistome parasite (Trematoda: Cladorchiidae) from a fish of Rondônia State, Brazil. Amazoniana: Limnologia et Oecologia Regionalis Systematis Fluminis Amazonas, 16(1-2), 237-240.

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Abstract

A new genus and species of amphistome parasite (Trematoda: Cladorchiidae) is described from a characid
fish, Curimata vittata GUNTHER, taken in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. The new amphistome is of a
very small size (609-774 μm) and has a relatively large pharynx and a large acetabulum. It differs from
the other small amphistomes known by possessing diagonal testes and a prominent genital sucker.
Additionally, the eggs are large (100 x 60 μm) and few in number (1-4).