A digenean parasite in a mudskipper: Opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in the mangroves of New Caledonia
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
23539947
DOI
10.14411/fp.2013.002
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Species Specificity MeSH
- Ecosystem * MeSH
- Trematode Infections epidemiology parasitology veterinary MeSH
- Fish Diseases epidemiology parasitology MeSH
- Perciformes * MeSH
- Trematoda anatomy & histology classification MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- New Caledonia epidemiology MeSH
Opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. is described from Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes (Gobiidae). Distinctive features included the weak or undetectable papillae of the ventral sucker and the small, but distinct cirrus-sac. The new species is compared with 25 marine species of Opegaster for which a table of measurements and ratios is presented. The new combination Opegaster queenslandicus (Aken'Ova, 2007) (originally in Opecoelus) is formed. Fifteen mudskippers were intensively examined for parasites; larval anisakid nematodes and acanthocephalans were found, but no monogeneans, cestodes, copepods, isopods, hirudineans or adult nematodes. A brief summary of the helminth parasites of mudskippers is included.
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