Acanthocephalus reunionensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), a parasite of Anguilla species (Anguillidae) from Reunion Island

Parasite

and H. Taraschewski²  P. Sasal³  L.R. Smales¹ 

[1] School of Biological and Environmental Science, Central Queensland University,Rockhampton,Queensland 4702,Australia;Universität Karlsruhe, Zoologisches Institut, Abt. Ökologie/Parasitologie, Kornblumenstr. 13,76131 Karlsruhe,Germany;UMR 5555 CNRS-UP, Parasitologie fonctionnelle et évolutive, CBETM, Université, 52, avenue Paul Alduy,66880 Perpignan Cedex,France

关键词: Acanthocephalus reunionensis n. sp;    Acanthocephala;    Anguilla;    Anguillidae;    eel;    Mascarene Islands;    Reunion Island;   

Others  :  808634
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2007142131

 received in 2006-07-04, accepted in 2007-03-22,  发布年份 2007

【 摘 要 】

In a survey of 118 eels Anguilla bicolor, A. marmorata and A. mossambica, (Anguillidae) indigenous to Reunion Island in the Mascarene island group, western Indian Ocean, a new species of acanthocephalan, Acanthocephalus reunionensis n. sp., was found. With a proboscis hook formula of 19 rows of 4-5 hooks, and elongated cement glands arranged in three pairs, this species differs from all other species in the genus. This is the first record of the genus Acanthocephalus occurring in eels from the African Region.

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