| Literature DB >> 35876983 |
Germán Augusto Murrieta Morey1, Carlos Alfredo Tuesta Rojas2, José Carlos Zumaeta Cachique3.
Abstract
Among Siluriformes, fishes of the family Doradidae harbor dactylogyrids from Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher and Boeger, 1986. Anadoras grypus (Cope) (Siluriformes, Doradidae) locally named in Peru as "rego-rego" hosts a new species of Cosmetocleithrum described herein as Cosmetocleithrum infinitum sp. n. The male copulatory organ (MCO) and vagina of the new species reveal its morphological uniqueness among members of Cosmetocleithrum. The MCO in the new species is an elongate, sclerotized sinuous tube, with 12 expanded coils, with counterclockwise orientation; the accessory piece is sclerotized, comprising a kind of cone, with a large opening at its base, with a branch in the posterior middle part and with pointed ends. The vagina is a sclerotized long, winding, coiled tube with a cone-shaped opening.Entities:
Keywords: Amazonas River; Ancyrocephalinae; Catfish; Ectoparasite; Neotropical region
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35876983 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-022-10056-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Syst Parasitol ISSN: 0165-5752 Impact factor: 1.023