A new cucullanid species (Nematoda) from the freshwater fish Thorichthys helleri (Cichlidae) in Mexico

A new nematode species, Cucullanus oaxaquensis n. sp., is described from specimens recovered from the intestine of Thorichthys helleri Steindachner, 1864 from the R Modelo, Los Chimalapas, state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is characterized largely by possesing unusual features among Cucullanus spp., i.e.,...

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Autores: Caspeta-Mandujano, JM, Salgado-Maldonado, G, Martínez-Ramirez, E
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/863
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/13982763
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Parasitology
Zoology
Nematoda
Cucullanus
Cichlidae
Thorichthys helleri
Oaxaca
Mexico
Descripción
Sumario:A new nematode species, Cucullanus oaxaquensis n. sp., is described from specimens recovered from the intestine of Thorichthys helleri Steindachner, 1864 from the R Modelo, Los Chimalapas, state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is characterized largely by possesing unusual features among Cucullanus spp., i.e., net-like sculpture on the surface of eggs, a pair of small papillae near tail tip of females and a small terminal sclerotized structure at tail tip of both males and females. This findig represents the fouth species reported from freshwater fishes in Mexico and the second for cichlid fishes.