title: Seven new species of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961 (Monogenea) from the gills of Heterobranchus longifilis and H. isopterus from the Ivory Coast, west Africa.
abstract: The gills of two species of Siluriformes, Heterobranchus longifilis and H. isopterus collected from the Rivers Agnéby and Bia in the Ivory Coast (West Africa) revealed the presence of seven new species of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae). The following parasites are described: Quadriacanthus longifilisi n. sp., Q. thysi n. sp., Q. ayameensis n. sp., Q. agnebiensis n. sp., Q. simplex n. sp., Q. gourenei n. sp. and Q. macrocirrus n. sp.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Cocody-Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: N'Douba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Euzet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*