Folia Parasitologica 50[3] 220-230 (2003) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.039

Some nematodes of fishes from central China, with the redescription of Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) fulvidraconis (Camallanidae)

František Moravec1, Pin Nie2, Guitang Wang2
1 Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2 State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, and Laboratory of Fish Diseases, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, P. R. China

The present paper comprises a systematic survey of nematodes based on helminthological examinations of 176 specimens of freshwater fishes, belonging to 22 species, from central China (mostly lakes in Hubei Province) collected during the autumn of 2001. The following six species were recorded: Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) fulvidraconis Li, 1935, Camallanus cotti Fujita, 1927, Dentiphilometra monopteri Moravec et Wang, 2002, Pingus sinensis Hsü, 1933, Proleptinae gen. sp. larv., and Eustrongylides sp. larv. Data on their morphology, morphological variability, host range, prevalence, intensity and distribution are provided. SEM studies of P. fulvidraconis and larval Physalopterinae, used for the first time in these species, revealed some additional morphological details and made it possible to redescribe the former. In contrast to the existing description of P. fulvidraconis, this species was found to possess two spicules and a V-shaped gubernaculum with unequal arms (originally mistaken for the left spicule), as well as deirids, whose location can be considered an important taxonomic feature. Larvae of the Physalopterinae have not previously been reported from fishes in China. The finding of larval Eustrongylides in Paramisgurnus dabryanus represents a new host record. All but one nematode species from this zoogeographically interesting region are briefly described and illustrated.

Keywords: parasitic nematodes, Procamallanus, Camallanus, Dentiphilometra, Pingus, Eustrongylides, Proleptinae, freshwater fishes, Hubei Province, China

Received: October 30, 2002; Accepted: February 24, 2003; Published: September 1, 2003  Show citation

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Moravec, F., Nie, P., & Wang, G. (2003). Some nematodes of fishes from central China, with the redescription of Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) fulvidraconis (Camallanidae). Folia Parasitologica, 50(3), 220-230. doi: 10.14411/fp.2003.039
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