Solostamenides paucitesticulatus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Mazocraeidea: Microcotylidae) from the freshwater mullet Liza abu (Heckel) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from Atatürk Reservoir on the Euphrates River in southern Turkey

Syst Parasitol. 2015 Jun;91(2):139-45. doi: 10.1007/s11230-015-9562-3. Epub 2015 May 12.

Abstract

Solostamenides paucitesticulatus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Microcotylidae) from the gills of the abu mullet Liza abu (Heckel) in Atatürk Reservoir in southern Turkey is described. Among other features, the new species is easily distinguished from its three congeners, Solostamenides mugilis (Vogt, 1879), Solostamenides pseudomugilis (Hargis, 1956) and Solostamenides polyorchis Zhang & Yang, 2001, by having fewer hooks on the male copulatory organ (11 to 14), testes (5 to 9), and haptoral clamps (31 to 47).

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Platyhelminths / anatomy & histology*
  • Platyhelminths / classification*
  • Rivers
  • Smegmamorpha / parasitology*
  • Species Specificity
  • Turkey