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Species of Characidotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1968 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from fishes of the Alestidae (Characiformes) in Africa: new species, host-parasite associations and first insights into the phylogeny of the genus

2019; BioMed Central; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13071-019-3580-y

ISSN

1756-3305

Autores

Eva Řehulková, Maria Lujza Kičinjaová, Zuheir N. Mahmoud, Milan Gelnar, Mária Seifertová,

Tópico(s)

Helminth infection and control

Resumo

African tetras (Alestidae) belonging to Brycinus Valenciennes are known to be parasitized with monogeneans attributed to two genera, Annulotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1969 and Characidotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1968 (Dactylogyridae). During a survey of monogeneans parasitizing alestids, species of Characidotrema were collected in Cameroon, D. R. Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Zimbabwe. This paper provides new morphological data and the first molecular analysis broadening our knowledge on the diversity of these parasites.

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