Folia Parasitologica 50[3] 195-201 (2003) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.035

Four new species of Cichlidogyrus (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), gill parasites of Tilapia cabrae (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with discussion on relative length of haptoral sclerites

Antoine Pariselle1, Louis Euzet2
1 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement /Groupement pour l'Aquaculture Méditerranéenne et Tropicale, B.P. 5095, 34033 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
2 Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, Université Montpellier II, 1 Quai de la Daurade, 34200 Sète, France

Tilapia cabrae Boulenger, 1899, a cichlid fish from coastal lowlands of the Republic of Congo (Africa), was examined for gill parasites. Four new species of the Monogenea were found, all belonging to Cichlidogyrus (Ancyrocephalidae): C. berradae sp. n., C. revesati sp. n., C. legendrei sp. n., and C. lemoallei sp. n. A possible relationship between the relative size of haptoral sclerites (i.e., uncinuli compared to gripi) and microhabitat selection in the studied host-parasite model is discussed.

Keywords: Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae, Cichlidogyrus berradae, C. revesati, C. legendrei, C. lemoallei, Tilapia cabrae, Cichlidae, Africa

Received: August 1, 2002; Accepted: January 8, 2003; Published: September 1, 2003  Show citation

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Pariselle, A., & Euzet, L. (2003). Four new species of Cichlidogyrus (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), gill parasites of Tilapia cabrae (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with discussion on relative length of haptoral sclerites. Folia Parasitologica, 50(3), 195-201. doi: 10.14411/fp.2003.035
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