A new gyrodactylid (Monogenea) genus on gray bichir, Polypterus senegalus (Polypteridae) from Senegal (West Africa)
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
19642801
DOI
10.1645/ge-1652.1
PII: GE-1652
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- DNA, Helminth chemistry MeSH
- Trematode Infections parasitology veterinary MeSH
- Microscopy, Interference MeSH
- Consensus Sequence MeSH
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer chemistry MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Fish Diseases parasitology MeSH
- Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- Fishes MeSH
- Base Sequence MeSH
- Trematoda anatomy & histology classification genetics MeSH
- Gills parasitology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Senegal MeSH
- Names of Substances
- DNA, Helminth MeSH
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer MeSH
Diplogyrodactylus martini n. g. et sp., a viviparous monogenean, is described from the gills of gray bichir Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829, in Senegal. This new genus can be readily distinguished from the other described viviparous genera based on the morphology of the attachment apparatus. The haptor is equipped with a pair of centrally positioned hamuli, a simple ventral bar without membrane and 8 pairs of marginal hooks of 2 types, 5 pairs of hooks with well-defined large falculate sickles, and 3 pairs of smaller hooks with well-articulated sickles. The new genus is unique in having a teardrop-shaped muscular tubular male copulatory organ which lacks spines. A partial sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) was obtained from 4 specimens of D. martini. The relationship among D. martini and other genera of the Gyrodactylidae is discussed based on the similarities of the attachment apparatus.
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