Proteocephalid tapeworms are the dominant group of endoparasites in siluriform catfishes in
South America, but their interrelationships and actual diversity remain poorly understood …

Parasites are important components of natural systems, and among their various roles,
parasites strongly influence the flow of energy between and within food webs. Over 1000 …

The internal ultrastructure of the scolex and the histochemical composition of the apical
glands of two South American proteocephalideans cestodes, Monticellia magna and …

During a parasitological survey, specimens belonging to the genus Hedruris (Nematoda:
Hedruridae) were found in the stomach of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch from the Paraná …

Ophiotaenia tessellata sp. n.(Proteocephalidea: Proteocephalinae) is described from the
intestine of the dice water snake Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768)(Serpentes: Colubridae) …

ABSTRACT A new species of the recently erected genus of proteocephalid cestodes,
Synbranchiella, is described based on specimens found in the mountain mullet, Dajaus …

Proteocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda) are one of the dominant groups of intestinal parasites
of Neotropical catfishes (Siluriformes), especially pimelodids (de Chambrier et al. 2015). The …

Species of two monotypic genera, Ephedrocephalus Diesing, 1850 and Zygobothrium
Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), parasites of one of the most basal members of …

The cestode genus Goezeella is reviewed on the basis of taxonomic evaluation of type and
newly collected material from pimelodid and heptapterid catfishes (Siluriformes) in the …

Understanding how natural systems are structured and function is central to ecological
theory. Although easily overlooked, parasites are ubiquitous and fundamental components …