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Title: | Quadriacanthus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from Catfishes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Description of a New Species from Heterobranchus longifilis (Teleostei, Clariidae) | Authors: | MUSHAGALUSA MULEGA, Archimede Rahmouni, Imane KMENTOVA, Nikol KASEMBELE, Kapepula Masilya, Pascal Mulungula Benhoussa, Abdelaziz VAN STEENBERGE, Maarten VANHOVE, Maarten |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Publisher: | SPRINGER INT PUBL AG | Source: | Acta Parasitologica, 69 (3) , p. 1530 -1537 | Abstract: | Purpose Studies on monogeneans parasitizing representatives of Siluriformes in Africa remain scarce and fragmentary. In order to contribute to fill this gap, we screened Heterobranchus longifilis from the Lindi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Methods Heterobranchus longifilis was purchased from fishermen in DR Congo, province of Tshopo, in Kisangani town, the Lindi River. The monogeneans were individually isolated from the gill and transferred directly onto a slide in a drop of Hoyer's medium. Results Quadriacanthus lindiensis n. sp. is morphologically similar to Quadriacanthus longifilisi. However, it is distinguished from the latter by its non-sclerotized vagina, its dorsal cunei shape and the size of its bars. Conclusion Only Q. lindiensis n. sp. was found on the gills of the single individual of H. longifilis screened. In the future, a representative sampling should enable us to verify if Q. lindiensis n. sp. co-occurs with other species known to parasitize H. longifilis. | Notes: | Mulega, AM (corresponding author), Mohammed V Univ Rabat, Res Ctr Plant & Microbial Biotechnol Biodivers & E, Lab Biodivers Ecol & Genome, Rabat 10100, Morocco.; Mulega, AM (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Res Grp Zool Biodivers & Toxicol, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.; Mulega, AM (corresponding author), Ctr Rech Hydrobiol, Dept Biol, BP 73, Uvira, DEM REP CONGO. archimedemulega@gmail.com |
Keywords: | Quadriacanthus Lindiensis n. sp.;Lindi;Tshopo;Parasites;Flatworms | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/44315 | ISSN: | 1230-2821 | e-ISSN: | 1896-1851 | DOI: | 10.1007/s11686-024-00900-4 | ISI #: | 001306483000020 | Rights: | The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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