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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Two new species of Neoentobdella (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from the skin of Australian stingrays (Dasyatidae) |
Author: | Whittington, I. Kearn, G. |
Citation: | Folia Parasitologica, 2009; 56(1):29-35 |
Publisher: | Folia Parasitologica |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0015-5683 1803-6465 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ian D. Whittington and Graham C. Kearn |
Abstract: | Two new species of entobdelline (capsalid) monogeneans are described from the skin of Australian dasyatid stingrays, namely Neoentobdella cribbi sp. n., a small parasite from the estuarine stingray, Dasyatis fluviorum Ogilby (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae) and Neoentobdella baggioi sp. n., a relatively large parasite from the porcupine ray, Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch et Schneider) (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae). A striking feature of both of these new parasite species is a pad, possibly located within the genital atrium, armed with rows of closely spaced, rod-shaped microsclerites. Both species also possess a muscular papilla in the genital tract and a club-shaped structure near the common genital opening on the left lateral margin of the body. In N. cribbi, the latter feature is large and located anterior to the genital pad and in N. baggioi, it is small and located in a more posterior position. Similar embellishments in the genital area occur in N. natans Kearn et Whittington, 2005 and in N. parvitesticulata Kearn et Whittington, 2005, while other species (e.g. N. garneri Whittington et Kearn, 2009 and N. taiwanensis Whittington et Kearn, 2009) lack these features and differ also in functional aspects of the male copulatory apparatus and the haptor. Separate generic status for these two groupings is indicated, but must await a comparative and comprehensive review of all Neoentobdella spp. |
Keywords: | Skin Animals Elasmobranchii Trematoda Trematode Infections Fish Diseases Species Specificity Australia |
DOI: | 10.14411/fp.2009.005 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0556780 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0556780 |
Description (link): | http://www.paru.cas.cz/folia/detail.php?id=21139 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2009.005 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Environment Institute publications |
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