Proteocephalidean larvae (Cestoda) in naturally infected cyclopid copepods of the upper Paran River floodplain, Brazil.

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

Laboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Núcleo de Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maring, Maring , PR, 87020-900, Brasil.

Published: January 2003

The occurrence, prevalence and infection intensity of proteocephalidean larvae in naturally infected intermediate hosts of the Upper Paran River floodplain are reported. A total of 5,206 zooplanktonic and benthic organisms were analyzed, namely cyclopid (2,621) and calanoid (1,479) copepods, cladocerans (704), rotifers (307), chironomid larvae (41) and ostracods (54). Eight cyclopid copepods - two copepodids, one male and five females - comprising 0.3% of the cyclopid copepods examined, were naturally infected. The male infected belonged to a species of Paracyclops, and the females to Paracyclops sp., Thermocyclops minutus and Mesocyclops longisetus.

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