A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea

Manuel M Irigoitia; Leslie A Chisholm; Juan T Timi

doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9624-1

A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea

Syst Parasitol. 2016 May;93(4):367-74. doi: 10.1007/s11230-016-9624-1. Epub 2016 Apr 18.

Authors

Manuel M Irigoitia¹, Leslie A Chisholm^{2

3}, Juan T Timi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Funes, 3350, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. manuelirigoitia@gmail.com.
² Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
³ Marine Parasitology Laboratory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DX 650 418), The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
⁴ Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Funes, 3350, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 27095665
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-016-9624-1

Abstract

Dendromonocotyle rajidicola n. sp. is described from the dorsal surface of the yellownose skate Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes) caught on the Argentine shelf. Dendromonocotyle rajidicola n. sp. can be distinguished from the other 17 species in the genus by the morphology of the distal portion of the male copulatory organ and by the unique morphology of the sclerotised proximal portion of the vagina. This is the first species of Dendromonocotyle to be described from a host in the Rajiformes and also the first record of this genus in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Male
Oceans and Seas
Skates, Fish / parasitology*
Skin / parasitology
Species Specificity
Trematoda / anatomy & histology*
Trematoda / classification*