A new species of Heterocotyle Scott, 1904 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of Dasyatis guttata (Dasyatidae) in southwestern Atlantic waters off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Abstract:

:Heterocotyle sulamericana n. sp. is described from the gills of Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & Schneider) caught off the coast of Brazil near Rio de Janeiro. This species can be distinguished from all other members of Heterocotyle Scott, 1904 by a combination of the morphology of the male copulatory organ, which is a short, slightly curved, sclerotised tube with no accessory piece, and the haptor, which has a single ridge surmounting all septa. This is the first Heterocotyle species to be described from the southwestern Atlantic.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Santos CP,Santos AL,Cunha R,Chisholm LA

doi

10.1007/s11230-011-9328-5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-01-01 00:00:00

pages

65-70

issue

1

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

journal_volume

81

pub_type

杂志文章