A new species ofUnilatus(Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea) from the gills ofLeporacanthicus galaxiasIsbrücker et Nijssen (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Brazil
✍ Scribed by Branches, Bárbara; Domingues, Marcus V.
- Book ID
- 121543227
- Publisher
- Versita
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 968 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1230-2821
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Unilatus irae sp. nov. (Dactylogyridae) is described from the gills of the armored catfish, Leporacanthicus galaxias Isbrücker et Nijssen (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae), from Guamá river, Pará State, Brazil. The new species can be differentiated from its cogeneners by the combination of the following features: anterior anchor with well-developed superficial root, inconspicuous deep root, shaft bent at midpoint, forming angle of approximately 60°, evenly short curved point; posterior anchor with inconspicuous roots, sclerotized cap of base with small protuberance for articulation to posterior bar; evenly curved shaft and short point; anterior bar broadly V-shaped, with small posteromedial projection; and posterior bar anteriorly expanded on it midportion, with expanded ends slightly curved in posterior direction.