Title
Cosmetocleithrum infinitum sp. n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasite of the gills of Anadoras grypus (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Amazonas river, in Loreto, Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Abstract
Among Siluriformes, fishes of the family Doradidae harbor dactylogyrids from Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher and Boeger, 1986. Anadoras grypus (Cope) (Siluriformes, Doradidae) locally named in Peru as “rego-rego” hosts a new species of Cosmetocleithrum described herein as Cosmetocleithrum infinitumsp. n. The male copulatory organ (MCO) and vagina of the new species reveal its morphological uniqueness among members of Cosmetocleithrum. The MCO in the new species is an elongate, sclerotized sinuous tube, with 12 expanded coils, with counterclockwise orientation; the accessory piece is sclerotized, comprising a kind of cone, with a large opening at its base, with a branch in the posterior middle part and with pointed ends. The vagina is a sclerotized long, winding, coiled tube with a cone-shaped opening.
Volume
99
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Parasitología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85134767750
PubMed ID
Source
Systematic Parasitology
ISSN of the container
01655752
Sponsor(s)
We thank the project Acuicultura from the Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana for their assistance in the field study.
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