TY - JOUR
T1 - A new cucullanid species (Nematoda) from the freshwater fish Thorichthys helleri (Cichlidae) in Mexico
AU - Caspeta-Mandujano, J. M.
AU - Salgado-Maldonado, G.
AU - Martínez-Ramírez, E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors’ thanks are due to Berenit Mendoza Garfias from the UNAM and Alejandro de Jesús Medrano Silva from the UAEM for the technical assistance with SEM and micrographs. Part of this study was supported by the operating grant UNAM, DGAPA, PAPIIT: IN 229807 to Guillermo Salgado Maldonado.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Summary: A new nematode species, Cucullanus oaxaquensis n. sp., is described from specimens recovered from the intestine of Thorichthys helleri Steindachner, 1864 from the Río 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.
AB - Summary: A new nematode species, Cucullanus oaxaquensis n. sp., is described from specimens recovered from the intestine of Thorichthys helleri Steindachner, 1864 from the Río 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.
KW - Cichlidae
KW - Cucullanus
KW - Mexico
KW - Nematoda
KW - Oaxaca
KW - Thorichthys helleri
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U2 - 10.2478/s11687-010-0006-y
DO - 10.2478/s11687-010-0006-y
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0440-6605
VL - 47
SP - 33
EP - 37
JO - Helminthologia (Poland)
JF - Helminthologia (Poland)
IS - 1
ER -