Poecilancistrium caryophyllum (Diesing, 1850)

Jr, Joaber Pereira & Boeger, Walter A., 2005, Larval tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) from sciaenid fishes of the southern coast of Brazil, Zoosystema 27 (1), pp. 5-25 : 22

Poecilancistrium caryophyllum (Diesing, 1850)

HOSTS. — Micropogonias furnieri (LH = 25.8-59.0; P = 9.44; MI = 3.41; MA= 0.32).

SITE OF INFECTION. — Musculature.

SPECIMENS DEPOSITED. — CHIOC 33910, 33911 a-d.

REMARKS

Previous records of P. caryophyllum for the coast of Brazil include those of Carvajal & Rego (1985) and São Clemente et al. (1997) from P. saltatrix and from M. furnieri both from Rio de Janeiro. In Rio Grande do Sul, the first record for M. furnieri is that of Pereira (1993).

Unidentified procercoid larva

( Fig. 7A, B )

HOSTS. — Micropogonias furnieri (LH = 48.0; P = 0.56; MI = 2.0; MA = 0.01); Cynoscion jamaicensis (LH = 13.5 - 24.1; P = 6.67; MI = 25.0; MA = 1.67).

SITE OF INFECTION. — Coelomic cavity.

SPECIMENS DEPOSITED. — CHIOC 33909 a-c; USNPC 87424; MNHN-C-IX-144 (JJ 1445-2-25).

DESCRIPTION (based on nine specimens)

Body 1.09 ± 0.25 (0.79-1.48) long, 0.27 ± 0.05

Figures

FIG. 7. — A, B, unidentified procercoid larva; A, larva in toto; B, same with retracted cercomer; C, D, unidentified plerocercoid larva;