Redescription of Heliconema africanum (Linstow, 1899) n. comb. (Nematoda: Physalopteridae), a nematode parasite of freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.) in South Africa.

Abstract:

:The little-known nematode species Heliconema africanum (Linstow, 1899) n. comb. (Physalopteridae) is redescribed based on light and scanning electron microscopical examinations of specimens collected from the stomach of the African longfin eel Anguilla mossambica (Peters) in the Nahoon River, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. This species, previously misidentified as Heliconema longissimum (Ortlepp, 1922), is a common parasite of eels in South Africa. The systematic status of H. longissimum, a species originally described from unidentified Australian snakes, is unclear and probably several morphologically closely related species have been included under this name.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Moravec F,Taraschewski H,Weyl OL

doi

10.1007/s11230-013-9421-z

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-07-01 00:00:00

pages

263-9

issue

3

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

journal_volume

85

pub_type

杂志文章