Morphological and Phylogenetic Features of Ceratomyxa macapaensis n. sp. (Myxozoa: Ceratomyxidae) in Mesonauta festivus Heckel, 1840 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from the Eastern Amazon Region.
Luana Silva BittencourtDiehgo Tuloza da SilvaIgor Guerreiro HamoyAbthyllane Amaral de CarvalhoMarcelo Francisco da SilvaMarcela Nunes VideiraJosé Carlos Tavares CarvalhoEdilson Rodrigues MatosPublished in: Acta parasitologica (2021)
The phylogenetic analysis indicated that the new species forms a cluster with other freshwater Amazonian Ceratomyxa species, described previously. The new species represents the first description of a taxon of the genus Ceratomyxain fish from the Brazilian state of Amapá.
Keyphrases