New species and new records of camallanid nematodes (Nematoda, Camallanidae) from marine fishes and sea snakes in New Caledonia
Author
Moravec, František
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Author
Justine, Jean-Lou
Institut Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE,
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Parasite
2019
Paris, France
2019-11-20
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019068
journal article
10.1051/parasite/2019068
1776-1042
PMC6865763
31746732
12524300
3A6166C0-37C7-4EC4-8F5E-30A6947434A8
Procamallanus
(
Spirocamallanus
) sp. 3
of Moravec et al., 2006
Host: Two-lined monocle bream
Scolopsis bilineata
(Bloch)
(
Nemipteridae
,
Perciformes
).
Site of infection: Intestine.
Locality
:
Near Ilôt Sainte-Marie
, off
Nouméa
,
New Caledonia
,
22°18
0
S
,
166°27
0
E
(collected
4 July 2003
and
5 June 2006
)
.
Prevalence, intensity and details about fish
: 2 fish infected/12 fish examined; 1 nematode per fish. The infected fish (Fish numbers:
JNC
619,
JNC
1917) were
139–190 mm
in fork length and
51–156 g
in weight.
Deposition of voucher specimen:
Muséum National d’ Histoire Naturelle
, Paris,
France
(
1 specimen
,
MNHN
JNC619
A)
.
Remarks
Based on a single specimen (subgravid female) from
S
.
bilineata
off
New Caledonia
, Moravec et al. [
27
] described
Procamallanus
(
S
.) sp. 3, characterized by 13 spiral ridges in the buccal capsule and a broad tail with a short smooth projection. Two available specimens (also subgravid females) of the present material from the same host species, 14.12 and
18.84 mm
long, are morphologically identical with that reported by Moravec et al. [
27
] and there is no doubt that both these forms belong to the same species. By the shape of the female tail and the absence of terminal spikes, this species is similar to
P
.
(
S
.)
dispar
n. sp.
and a few other congeners (see above). However, since conspecific males remain unknown, the species identification of these nematodes is impossible.