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1. Myleusnema bicornis gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Kathlaniidae), an intestinal parasite of a freshwater serrasalmid fish, Myleus ternetzi, from French Guiana

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Myleusnema, parasitic nematode, freshwater fish, Myleus, and French Guiana
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A new nematode, Myleusnema bicumis gen. et sp. п., is described from the intestine of a characoid freshwater fish, Myleus ternetzi (Norman, 1929) (Cypriniformes: Serrasalmidae), from French Guiana. This cosmocercoid nematode species represents a new genus of the family Kathlaniidae, being characterized mainly by the shape of the body (the cephalic portion is separated from the rest of the body at the level of the nerve ring), structure of the cephalic extremity (presence of three lips and three lamella-like formations demarcating the buccal cavity), absence of an oesophageal pharynx, presence of medium-sized alate spicules (0.694-0.721 mm long), two conspicuous postcloacal homs associated with a gubernaculum, and by the number and distribution of caudal papillae in the male.
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2. Myleusnema brasiliense sp. n. (Nematoda: Kathlaniidae), a new intestinal parasite of the serrasalmid fish Myleiis sp. in Brazil

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Myleusnema, parasitic nematode, Myleus, freshwater fish, and Brasil
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A new kathlaniid nematode, Myleusnema brasiliense sp. n„ is described from the intestine of a characoid fish, Myleus sp. (Serrasalmidae, Cypriniformes), from Brazil, It differs from the only other congeneric species Myleusnema bicornis Moravec et Thatcher, 1996 mainly in having an unseparated cephalic portion of the body, lips provided with Hanges with numerous spikelike appendages, deirids situated more posteriorly, more numerous (8 pairs) subventral preanal papillae in the male, and distinctly longer spicules (1.58-1.70 mm). The species description is based on light microscopic and scanning electron microscopic (SF,M) observations.
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3. New data on the morphology and systematic status of Klossinemella iheringi (Nematoda: Atractidae) from an Amazonian serrasalmid fish

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Klossinemella, parasitic nematode, morphology, freshwater fish, Mylesinus, Amazon, and Brasil
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The morphology of the nematode Klossinemella iheringi (Travassos, Artigas et Pereira, 1928), the type species of the genus Klossinemella Costa, 1961, was studied using specimens collected from the serrasalmid fish, Mylesinus paraschomhurgkii légu, Santos et Ferreira, 1989 (a new host record), from the Trombetas River, Para State, Brazil, by both light and scanning electron microscopy. This species was also recorded from the Jari River (Pará State), the Uatuma, Pitinga and Capucapu Rivers (Amazonas State), and the Araguari River (Amapá State). An examination by SEM made it possible, for the first time in this genus, to study in detail the structure of the cephalic end. Characteristic features are the presence of 8 cephalic papillae arranged in two circlets, well developed lateral amphids, and especially a crown of 8 cephalic, Y-shaped sclerotized pieces (outgrowths). The male possesses 8 pairs of caudal papillae (3 preanals, 1 adanal and 4 postanals), two unequal spicules (0.156-0.294 mm and 0.069-0.099 mm long) and a gubemaculum (0.027-0.045 mm in length); previously undescribed deirids were also found. This is the first record of this parasite from the Amazon River basin. The genus Proatractis G. Caballero, 1971 is considered a synonym of Klossinemella Costa, 1961, belonging to the cosmocercoid family Atractidae, and its type species is transferred to the latter genus as Klossinemella parvicapilico-rnnala (G. Caballero, 1971) comb. n.
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4. New oxyuroid nematodes of the genera Ichthyouris and Spinoxyuris from South American freshwater fishes

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Ichthyouris, Spinoxyuris, Nematoda, Oxyuroidea, parasite, freshwater fish, Cichlasoma, Myleus, Brazil, and French Guiana
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Three hitherto unknown oxyuroid nematode species of the family Pharyngodonidae are described from the intestine of South American freshwater fishes, two of them being established as species new to science: Spinoxyuris annulata sp. n. from Myleus ternetzi (Norman) (Serrasalmidae) from French Guiana (Sinnamary River) and Ichthyouris ovifilamentosa sp. n. from Cichlasoma sp. (Cichlidae) from Amazonas (Negro River, São Gabriel da Cachoeira), Brazil. A third species, recovered from the same host as the latter (Cichlasoma sp.), was identified only as Ichthyouris sp. because of the absence of the male, although it probably also represents a new species. S. annulata differs from the only other congeneric species, S. oxydoras Petter, 1994, mainly in the absence of egg filaments, the location of an unpaired postanal papilla in the male, a distinctly longer spicule, and in an approximately double length of the body. Ichthyouris ovifilamentosa is closest to I. ro Inglis, 1962, differing from it principally in the structure of the cephalic end, the position of the excretory pore, and in the presence of filamented eggs. Ichthyouris sp. females differ from their congeners mainly in a characteristic structure of the cephalic end, the extent of lateral alae and the shape of their posterior ends, and in the character of egg filaments.
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