Specimes of elasmobranch fishes, captured in 1998 in the the State of Paraná, Brazil, were parasitized with Trypanorhyncha/Homeacanthoidea cestodes: Carcharhinus signatus with Heteronybelinia yamagutii (Dollfus, 1960) Palm, 1999 and H. nipponica (Yamaguti, 1952) Palm, 1999; Dipturus trachydermus (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) with Mixonybelinia beveridgei (Palm et al, 1997) Palm, 1999. Details of scolex morphology of the two species of Heteronybelinia that expanded their desciptions were obtained. The known geographical distribution of the species is widened

Espécimes de peixes elasmobrânquios, capturados em 1998 no Estado do Paraná, Brasil, estavam parasitados com cestóides Trypano-rhyncha/Homeacanthoidea: Carcharhinus signatus com Heteronybelinia yamagutii e H. nipponica; Dipturus trachydermus com Mixonybelinia beveridgei Das duas espécies de Heteronybelinia foram obtidos detalhes da morfologia do escólex, que expandiram suas descrições. A distribuição geográfica das espécies foi ampliada

Twenty-nine specimes (32.2%) of elasmobranch fishes, out of 90 captured in the south coast of Brazil in the States of Paraná and Santa Catarina, represented by six families, seven genera and nine species, were parasitized with cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha: Heptranchias perlo and Squalus sp. parasitized with Progrillotia dollfusi; Isurus oxyrinchus with Nybelinia lingualis and Gymnorhynchus isuri; Prionace glauca with Tentacularia coryphaenae, Hepatoxylon trichiuri, Molicola horridus, Floriceps saccatus and Callitetrarhynchus gracilis; Carcharhinus signatus with Heteronybelinia yamagutii, H. nipponica and P. dollfusi; C. longimanus and C. obscurus with T. coryphaenae; Sphyrna zygaena with Heteronybelinia rougetcampanae and Callitetrarhynchus speciosus; Dipturus trachydermus with Mixonybelinia beveridgei. Prevalences and intensities of infection are presented as well as the analysis of the hosts sex-related parasitism, in single or concomitant infections. Data are discussed and compared with previous available reports on these hosts, mainly those referring to the species I. oxyrinchus, P. glauca and C. longimanus

Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909 is a parasitic nematode with its biological cycle still unknown, even though it was found in humans, domestic and silvatic animals. Adult worms, collected by surgical drainage from a human patient from the State of Pará, Brazil, were micrographed using a scanning electron microscope. Morphological aspects of males and females such as cephalic structures, caudal papillae and cuticular patterns were analyzed and compared with the previous descriptions adding new data for the identification of this species.