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Cosmetocleithrum basicomplexum n. sp. from Oxydoras niger. (A) Total, ventral view (composite); (B) Copulatory complex, ventral view; C) Vagina; (D) Dorsal bar; (E) Ventral bar; (F) Hook; (G) Dorsal anchor; (H) Ventral anchor. Scale bars: A, 50 μm, B, 40 μm, C, G, H, 20 μm, D, E, 30 μm, F, 10 μm.
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Five new species of Cosmetocleithrum were described parasitizing the gill filaments of neotropical doradid fishes. Cosmetocleithrum undulatum n. sp., Cosmetocleithrum brachylecis n. sp. and Cosmetocleithrum ludovicense n. sp. are described from Platydoras brachylecis from a market-place of São Luís, State of Maranhão, Brazil. Cosmetocleithrum sacci...
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