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
Genus
Onchobdella
Paperna, 1968
TYPE
SPECIES. —
Onchobdella voltensis
Paperna, 1968
, by original designation.
OTHER
SPECIES INCLUDED. —
Onchobdella aframae
Paperna, 1968
;
O. bopeleti
Bilong Bilong & Euzet, 1995
;
O. krachii
Paperna, 1968
;
O. melissa
Pariselle & Euzet, 1995
;
O. pterigyalis
Paperna, 1968
;
O. silverai
Pariselle & Euzet, 1995
;
O. spirocirra
Paperna, 1968
.
DIAGNOSIS (according to
Pariselle & Euzet [1995a]
). —
Ancyrocephalidae
. Three pairs of cephalic glands. Two posterior ocellae with lenses, two small anterior ocellae. Intestinal caeca without diverticula, joined posteriorly. Two pairs of anchors: one large dorsal, one smaller ventral. Three transverse bars: one dorsal, two ventral well separated. Fourteen uncinuli of same length. Testis posterior inter-caecal.Vas deferens encircling left intestinal caeca. Seminal vesicle present. One prostatic reservoir. Male copulatory complex with penis and accessory piece. Median pre-testicular ovary. Vaginal opening lateral, dextral, sclerotised. Gill parasites on African cichlid fishes.