Systematic revision of dactylogyridean parasites (Monogenea) from cichlid fishes in Africa, the Levant and Madagascar
Author
Pariselle, Antoine
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Laboratoire d’écologie et de systématique, Centre de Belair, BP 1386, 18524 Dakar (Sénégal) antoine. pariselle @ ird. fr
pariselle@ird.fr
Author
Euzet, Louis
Station méditerranéenne de l’Environnement littoral, Université Montpellier II, 1 Quai de la Daurade, F- 34200 Sète (France) euzet @ univ-montp 2. fr
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Zoosystema
2009
2009-12-31
31
4
849
898
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n4a6
journal article
8061
10.5252/z2009n4a6
d4ef2df1-7e15-49c7-9c1b-a2f1bf23af38
1638-9387
4520413
Enterogyrus
sp.
Enterogyrus
sp. –
Cone
et al
. 1987: 312
, 313, figs 1, 2, 3.
HOST. — Captive
Pomacanthus paru
(Bloch, 1787)
.
LOCALITY. — Caribbean Sea.
SITE. — Foregut.
REMARKS
According to
Pariselle
et al
. (1991)
this species, due to its morphology and anatomy, does not belong to
Enterogyrus
, but rather to
Diplectanotrema
Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
or
Pseudempleurosoma
Yamaguti, 1965
which individuals are located in the pharynx of marine fishes.
Genus
Insulacleidus
Rakotofiringa & Euzet, 1983
TYPE
SPECIES. —
Insulacleidus paratilapiae
Rakotofiringa & Euzet, 1983
, by original designation.
OTHER
SPECIES INCLUDED. —
Insulacleidus ptychochromidis
Rakotofiringa & Euzet, 1983
and
I. paretropli
Rakotofiringa & Euzet, 1983
.
DIAGNOSIS. —
Ancyrocephalidae
. Three pairs of cephalic glands. Two pairs of ocellae. Intestinal caeca without diverticula, joined posteriorly. Two pairs of anchor, one dorsal and one ventral. Two transverse bars, one dorsal one ventral. Fourteen uncinuli. Testis median posterior to the body. Vas deferens encircling left intestinal caeca. Seminal vesicle present. One prostatic reservoir. Male copulatory complex with penis and accessory piece. Pre-testicular median ovary. Vagina with lateral dextral opening. Seminal receptacle present. Gill parasite on Malagasy cichlid fishes.