Philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) from fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya, including two new species of Philometra and erection of Afrophilometra gen. n.

Title:

Philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) from fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya, including two new species of Philometra and erection of Afrophilometra gen. n.

Creator:

Moravec, František, Charo-Karisa, Harrison, and Jirků, Miloslav

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:6396e63f-f313-4aeb-bf56-e314f8afbc02
uuid:6396e63f-f313-4aeb-bf56-e314f8afbc02
doi:10.14411/fp.2009.008

Subject:

Philometra, Afrophilometra, parasitic nematode, freshwater fish, Lates, Hydrocynus, Lake Turkana, Kenya, and Africa

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

The following four species (only females available) of the Philometridae (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) were recorded from freshwater fishes of Lake Turkana, northwestern Kenya in 2007-2008: Philometra bagri (Khalil, 1965) from the subcutaneous tissue around the mouth, on gill covers and the fin base of the bayad Bagrus bajad (Forsskål) (Bagridae: Siluriformes), Philometra lati sp. n. from the abdominal cavity of the Nile perch Lates niloticus (Linnaeus) (Latidae: Perciformes), Philometra spiriformis sp. n. from capsules on the inner surface of gill covers of L. niloticus and Afrophilometra hydrocyoni (Fahmy, Mandour et El-Nafar, 1976) comb. n. from the fins of Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier) (Alestidae: Characiformes). The new species P. lati is characterized mainly by the presence of distinct oesophageal teeth, absence of large cephalic lobes and caudal projections, and by a combination of other features. Philometra spiriformis differs from all congeners principally in the spirally coiled body and from individual species by a combination of other morphological features. The already known species P. bagri and A. hydrocyoni are redescribed based on light and scanning electron microscopy; findings of both these species in Kenya represent new geographical records.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

41-54

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2009 Volume:56 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

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