NEW SPECIES OF TEREANCISTRUM (MONOGENEA, DACTYLOGYRIDAE) PARASITIC ON PROCHILODUS LINEATUS (VALENCIENNES, 1837) (CHARACIFORMES) FROM MOGIGUAÇU RIVER, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Patrícia B. Cepeda Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (CPGCV, UFRRJ), BR 465, Km 7 CEP 23890-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2513-0552
  • Paulo S. Ceccarelli Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Peixes Continentais (CEPTA/ICMBio), Pirassununga, SP, Brasil.
  • José L. Luque Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 74.508, CEP 23851-970, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6273-0349

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621009

Keywords:

Brazil, Characidae, Dactylogyridae, Monogenea, Mogi Guaçu River, Prochilodus lineatus, Tereancistrum

Abstract

Species of Prochilodus Agassiz 1829 are among the most abundant fishes of South America basins and has good potential for pisciculture. During a study of the helminth parasites of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Characiformes) from Mogi Guaçu River, Brazil, a new species of Tereancistrum was collected. Tereancistrum pirassununguensis n. sp. can be distinguished from the other Tereancistrium species mainly by having a reduced accessory anchor sclerite with a little groove at the end; MCO as a sclerotized coiled tube forming two counterclockwise rings; an accessory piece as an inverted C, rod-like, not articulated at the base of the MCO; curved ventral bar; hooks similar with erect thumb and slightly curved shaft and point, slightly expanded shank proximally. This is the first record of a species of Tereancistrum in the southeastern of Brazil.

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Published

2012-12-12

How to Cite

Cepeda, P. B., Ceccarelli, P. S., & Luque, J. L. (2012). NEW SPECIES OF TEREANCISTRUM (MONOGENEA, DACTYLOGYRIDAE) PARASITIC ON PROCHILODUS LINEATUS (VALENCIENNES, 1837) (CHARACIFORMES) FROM MOGIGUAÇU RIVER, BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(2), 205–210. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621009

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