New species of Anacanthorus (Dactylogyridae: Anacanthorinae) from the gills of Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus and Erythrinus erythrinus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) of the coastal drainage in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil
Author
Santos Neto, João F.
Author
Muriel-Cunha, Janice
Author
Domingues, Marcus V.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-13
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.4
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Anacanthorus maratininguensis
sp. n.
(
Figs. 12–15
)
Type-host:
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
(Spix & Agassiz)
,
Erythrinidae
.
Site of infection:
Gills.
Type-locality:
Igarapé Maratininga—Moju River, municipality of
Tailândia
,
Pará State
,
Brazil
(
02º27’55.7”S
048º53’27.6”W
).
Other localities:
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
(Prevalence: 100% of one host examined. Mean intensity: 5 parasites per host infected), Igarapé Cururutuia—Caeté River, municipality of Bragança,
Pará State
(
1°4’44.55”S
46°44’18.54”W
);
H
.
unitaeniatus
(Prevalence: 100% of three hosts examined; Mean intensity: two parasites per host infected), Igarapé Arinandeua—Guamá River, municipality of São Miguel do Guamá,
Pará State
(
1°37’42.50”S
47°29’45.06”W
).
Prevalence:
42% of three hosts examined.
Mean intensity:
3,33 parasites per host infected.
Specimens deposited:
Holotype
:
CHIOC
no. 40033 a.
8 paratypes
:
CHIOC
nos. 40033 b–c, 40034 a–b;
INPA
no. 807;
MPEG
nos. 164–165. 10 vouchers:
CHIOC
nos. 40035 a–b, 40036 a–b;
INPA
no. 806;
MPEG
nos. 162– 163.
ZooBank registration:
The Life Science Identifier (LSID)
urn: lsid:zoobank.org:act:
B94E19A2-2FAC-4C4A- 84D4-04FE1EF2FF92
.
Etymology:
The specific epithet refers to the affluent river’s name of the
type
locality of the species, Igarapé Maratininga.
Comparative measurements:
Table 3
.
Description:
(Based on nine specimens, six mounted in Hoyer’s, two mounted in Gomori trichrome, one mounted in Grey & Wess). Body fusiform 424 (310–492; n=9) long, excluding the haptor, 97 (72–125; n=9) wide at the height of germarium (
Fig. 15
). Four cephalic lobes developed; three groups of head organs; cephalic glands not observed (
Fig. 15
). Two pairs of ocelli, posterior pair farther than the anterior pair; accessory granules absent (
Fig. 15
). Pharynx subspherical 33 (31–36; n=4) long, 32 (25–41; n=4) wide (
Fig. 15
). Two intestinal caeca, confluent, posterior to the gonads (
Fig. 15
). Genital pore not observed. MCO 45 (42–49; n=10) long, 13 (10–14; n=10) wide, sclerotized, tubular, with distal region more dilated than the proximal region, presenting a small projection in the form of a hook in the distal region (
Fig. 12
); accessory piece absent (
Fig. 12
). Seminal vesicle, uterus, and prostatic reservoir not observed. Gonads slightly overlapping (
Fig. 15
). Germarium pyriform 40 (35–46; n=2) long, 22 (19–25; n=2) wide; testis oval 50 (49–50; n=2) long, 27 (22–31; n=2) wide (
Fig. 15
). Peduncle elongated (
Fig. 15
). Haptor 40 (28–50; n=6) long, 54 (30–82; n=7) wide (
Fig. 15
). Similar 4A hooks 9 (9–10; n=3) long (
Fig. 14
). Seven pairs of similar hooks 26 (24–27; n=6) long, blade relatively long and slightly curved; shank with proximal dilatation comprising ½ of its length 10 (9–11; n=6) long; point short and slightly curved, thumb short and erect (
Fig. 13
). Hook filament delicate, extending until near the shank dilatation (
Fig. 13
).
Remarks:
Anacanthorus maratininguensis
sp. n.
is similar to
Anacanthorus euryphallus
Kritsky, Boeger & Van-Every, 1992
based on the MCO morphology. However,
Anacanthorus maratininguensis
sp. n
.
differs from
A. euryphallus
by the presence of a small projection in the form of a hook in the distal region of the MCO, absence of an accessory piece, and by the hook morphology.
Anacanthorus euryphallus
has the shank of the hook without proximal dilatation, whereas
Anacanthorus maratininguensis
sp. n.
has proximal shank dilatation comprising ½ of the shank length.