Three new species of Dactylogyrus Diesing, 1850 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the gills of the bala sharkminnow, Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Cyprinidae), from Thailand

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Authors

ŘEHULKOVÁ Eva GELNAR Milan

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Systematic Parasitology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Zoology
Keywords Monogenea; Dactylogyridae; Dactylogyrus; Dactylogyrus coartatus; Dactylogyrus melanopteri; Dactylogyrus macrocolpius; Balantiocheilos melanopterus; bala sharkminnow; Thailand; aquarium fish; Czech Republic
Description Three new species of Dactylogyrus are described from the gills of the cyprinid fish Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker) imported from Thailand via the aquarium trade. They are D. coartatus n. sp., D. macrocolpius n. sp. and D. melanopteri n. sp. The double-bar species, D. coartatus n. sp. and D. melanopteri n. sp., are characterised by hooks that are markedly large in relation to the size of the anchors. Clip-like anchors with a sharply recurved, long point are a unique feature of D. coartatus n. sp. The single-bar species, D. macrocolpius n. sp., is characterised by having a copulatory organ composed of a spiral copulum and a medial accessory piece with thorns.
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