Melo Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos, Silva Jefferson Pereira E, Gonçalves Evonnildo Costa, Furtado Adriano Penha, Giese Elane Guerreiro, Santos Cláudia Portes, Santos Jeannie Nascimento
Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia Profa. Dra. Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Cidade Universitária, Av. Augusto Corrêa no. 1, Bairro Guamá, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Parasitol Int. 2013 Apr;62(2):208-14. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.01.001. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
Brasicystis bennetti Thatcher, 1979 was first described from specimens obtained from the subcutaneous tissues of the mouth and operculum of Plagioscyion squamosissimus from the Amazon River in Brazil, however since 2008, Brasicystis has been considered a genus inquirendum. This study reviews some of the diagnostic characters from the original description of B. bennetti from the Amazon Delta, and redescribes the genus and species with a discussion of their taxonomic status. Ultrastructural and molecular approaches complement the data presented on this monotypic genus. The diagnosis of the tribe Didymozoini Monticelli, 1888 is amended to incorporate the genus Brasicystis, which is redescribed and revalidated here, with the proposal of an amended key.
贝内特氏囊孢虫（Brasicystis bennetti）于1979年由撒切尔首次描述，标本取自巴西亚马逊河的大鳞斜齿鲨（Plagioscyion squamosissimus）口腔和鳃盖的皮下组织，然而自2008年以来，囊孢虫属一直被视为一个有待研究的属。本研究回顾了来自亚马逊三角洲贝内特氏囊孢虫原始描述中的一些诊断特征，并重新描述了该属和该物种，同时讨论了它们的分类地位。超微结构和分子方法补充了关于这个单型属所呈现的数据。对1888年蒙蒂切利（Monticelli）的双孢虫族（Didymozoini）的诊断进行了修订，以纳入囊孢虫属，在此对其进行重新描述并重新确认，并提出了一个修订后的检索表。
