A revision of Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818, with special emphasis on the nominal (type) species “ Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818 ” (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from teleost flatfishes, with descriptions of three new species and a new genus
Author
Kearn, Graham C.
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR 4 7 TJ, Norfolk, U. K. E-mail: g. kearn @ uea. ac. uk; r. evansgowing @ uea. ac. uk Monogenean Research Laboratory, Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. E-mail: whittington. ian @ saugov. sa. gov. au Marine Parasitology Laboratory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DX 650 418), The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
g.kearn@uea.ac.uk
Author
Whittington, Ian D.
Author
Evans-Gowing, Richard
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR 4 7 TJ, Norfolk, U. K. E-mail: g. kearn @ uea. ac. uk; r. evansgowing @ uea. ac. uk Monogenean Research Laboratory, Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. E-mail: whittington. ian @ saugov. sa. gov. au Marine Parasitology Laboratory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DX 650 418), The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
g.kearn@uea.ac.uk
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Zootaxa
2007
2007-12-11
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Entobdella brattstroemi
Brinkmann, 1952
(
Figs. 15H
,
35
)
This species was proposed by
Brinkmann (1952a)
to accommodate a single specimen collected by the LUCE of 1948-49 from the skin of the fine flounder,
Paralichthys adspersus
, caught off the coast of
Chile
(Golfo de Ancud, N of
Isla
Abtao;
41
o
47
'
18
"
S
,
73
o
20
'
55
"
W
). Two additional entobdellines from the same host species were collected on our behalf in 2004 by Dr M.T. González at
Coquimbo
,
Chile
(approximately
29°57’S
,
71°25’W
) (see
Entobdella
sp. 2
,
Table 2
). Although this locality is approximately
1300 km
north of the type locality, after comparison with the
holotype
, we conclude that the
Coquimbo
specimens are also
E. brattstroemi
.
In
1 specimen
2, possibly 3, seminal receptacles were visible (
Fig. 35A
) but the vagina was not identified.
The accessory sclerites of Dr González’s specimens (
Entobdella
sp. 2
;
Table 2
) are readily distinguishable from the accessory sclerites of other
Entobdella
spp.
(
Figs. 15H
,
35B
). Inner and outer flanges are prominent, but these flanges are noticeably different in shape from those of the specimens from
H. macrops
and occupy the distal third of the sclerite as opposed to the distal half in specimens from
H. macrops
(cf.
Fig. 15F, G
). The accessory sclerites of parasites from
P. adspersus
are also stouter than those in parasites from
H. macrops
. Unfortunately, the
holotype
is unflattened and heavily overstained and remounting the specimen did not yield any more useful anatomical information. However, what can be seen of the accessory sclerites in the
holotype
is consistent with the distinctive shapes of the accessory sclerites of Dr González’s specimens (
Entobdella
sp. 2
;
Table 2
). The mean ratio of the lengths of the anterior hamuli and accessory sclerites based on the
3 adult
parasites was 2.74 (
Table 3
). The tendon associated with the accessory sclerite terminates on the anterior (proximal) end of the anterior hamulus (
Fig. 35A
).
The entire ventral haptor surface, including the region anterior to the peduncle, is covered with papillae (
Fig. 35A
). The papillae in the regions lateral to the median sclerites are so dense that no radiating rows were discernible.
Eyes are present (
Fig. 35A
). The glands of Goto were not confirmed.