Artículo
Absonifibula estuarina sp. n. (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) parasite of juvenile Cynoscion guatucupa (Osteichthyes) from southwestern Atlantic Ocean
Fecha de publicación:
11/2009
Editorial:
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Revista:
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
ISSN:
0074-0276
e-ISSN:
1678-8060
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Absonifibula estuarina sp. n. (Diclidophoridae, Absonifibulinae), is described from the gills of juvenile striped weakfish, Cynoscion guatucupa (Cuvier), from the southwestern Atlantic, Argentinean coast. This marine fish migrates to estuarine areas to spawn where exclusively juveniles are found parasitized; adult fish in marine water were never found to be parasitized by this monogenean. A. estuarina sp. n. is characterized mainly by the pedunculate clamps dissimilar in size, the shape of anterior jaw with sclerite "a" attached to a sub-trapezoidal lamellate extension and fused to sclerites "c" and "d". It differs from Absonifibula bychowskyi Lawler & Overstreet, 1976, the only known species of the genus, in the shape and arrangement of the genital corona, which is armed with six similar hooks disposed in circle and the sub-trapezoidal shape of lamellate extension ("b"). The restriction to juvenile sciaenids is a shared feature among the Absonifibulinae indicating an estuary-dependent life cycle.
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Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS
Citación
Portes Santos, Claudia; Timi, Juan Tomas; Absonifibula estuarina sp. n. (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) parasite of juvenile Cynoscion guatucupa (Osteichthyes) from southwestern Atlantic Ocean; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; 104; 7; 11-2009; 964-969
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