1. A new species of diplectanid (Monogenoidea) from Paranthias colonus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off Peru.
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Knoff M, Cohen SC, Cárdenas MQ, Cárdenas-Callirgos JM, and Gomes DC
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- Animals, Cestode Infections parasitology, Female, Gills parasitology, Helminthiasis, Animal parasitology, Male, Pacific Ocean, Peru, Platyhelminths anatomy & histology, Platyhelminths classification, Vagina ultrastructure, Bass parasitology, Cestode Infections veterinary, Fish Diseases parasitology, Platyhelminths isolation & purification
- Abstract
Pseudorhabdosynochus jeanloui n. sp. (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) is described from specimens collected from the gills of the Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus (Perciformes, Serranidae) from a fish market in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. The new species is differentiated from other members of the genus by the structure of its sclerotized vagina, which has two spherical chambers of similar diameter. This is the first Pseudorhabdosynochus species described from the Pacific coast of America, the third species of the genus reported from South America and the first described from a member of Paranthias., (© M. Knoff et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2015.)
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- 2015
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