Title
A new genus and three new species of dactylogyrids (Monogenea), gill parasites of the threadfin bass, Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill (Perciformes: Serranidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru
Date Issued
01 April 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
Pronotogrammella n. g. is erected to accommodate Pronotogrammella boegeri n. sp. (type-species), Pr. scholzi n. sp. and Pr. multifasciatus n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae). The new species are gill parasites of the threadfin bass Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill (Perciformes: Serranidae), a demersal teleost collected from off the coastal zone of Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes, Peru. Pronotogrammella n. g. is mainly characterised by having broadly fork-shaped dorsal anchors, which have an accessory anchor sclerite articulated to the tip of the superficial roots. Pronotogrammella n. g. is also characterised by having: (i) a tubular tapered-shaped male copulatory organ (MCO), filamentous distally, with a clockwise coil at distal end or not, lacking accessory piece; (ii) a dorsal bar with an anteromedial delicate umbelliform membrane supported by two processes; (iii) hooks with upright blunt thumb and uniform shank; (iv) a vaginal aperture dextrolateral; (v) a subquadrangular haptor, with inconspicuous lateral flaps and lacking haptoral reservoirs; and (vi) eye-spot or chromatic granules absent. Pronotogrammella boegeri n. sp. is characterised by its crosier-shaped MCO having a clockwise coil at distal end and by its dorsal bar with a straight anteromedial processes. Pronotogrammella scholzi n. sp. is typified by possessing of a dorsal bar with the anteromedial processes like cow horns, hoof-shaped deep roots of the dorsal anchors and a broader shaft of the MCO. Pronotogrammella multifasciatus n. sp. differs from all congeners by having a tubular MCO with twisted shaft and a base with a short and broad arm and by having an almost dumbbell-shaped ventral bar.
Start page
121
End page
131
Volume
97
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Acuicultura
Parasitología
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85078333030
PubMed ID
Source
Systematic Parasitology
ISSN of the container
01655752
Sponsor(s)
We thank Marcelo Knoff (CHIOC) and Lidia S?nchez (MUSM) for allowing us access to specimens under their care. We also thank Luis A. ?acari for providing us with valuable literature on dactylogyrids. The authors are grateful to the following people who helped to the collection of fishes in Peru: Ivette Cuellar, Eva G. Huancachoque, Chismilagros K. Carrillo, Alexander Reyes and Cynthia E. Rodr?guez, all from the National University Federico Villarreal (UNFV).
JLL was supported by a Researcher fellowship from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil (CNPq). JDC and CLC were supported by a student fellowship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior, Brazil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. Acknowledgements
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