Gyrodactylus jarocho sp. nov. and Gyrodactylus xalapensis sp. nov. (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from Mexican poeciliids (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), with comments on the known gyrodactylid fauna infecting poeciliid fish
Author
Rubio-Godoy, Miguel
Author
Paladini, Giuseppe
Author
García-Vásquez, Adriana
text
Zootaxa
2010
2509
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196033
a86ba3e8-b241-4166-a37a-5abb4b60edcc
1175-5326
196033
Gyrodactylus gambusiae
Rogers & Wellborn, 1965
(
Figure 12
;
Tables 4
and 7)
Type
host:
Gambusia affinis
Baird & Girard
(“mosquitofish”, “guayacón mosquito”).
Site of infection:
Fins and body.
Type
locality:
Welaka Lake, Putnam Co., Florida,
USA
.
Type
material examined:
One
paratype
(
USNPC
908–19/20).
Comments:
Ventral bar not visible in
paratype
. The large open faced, angular marginal hook sickles of
G. gambusiae
are readily differentiated from those of both
G. j a ro c h o
sp. nov.
and
G
.
xalapensis
sp. nov.
(
Figures 13, 14
). The marginal hook sickles of
G. gambusiae
are morphologically similar to those of
Gyrodactylus milleri
Harris & Cable, 2000
(all three marginal hook
types
- see the full description below) and
G. turnbulli
. The sickle point of
G. gambusiae
, which quickly narrows abruptly to give a short tip, however, most readily discriminates this species from the latter two, which have longer, more slender sickle points.