Pseudodactylogyrus kamegaii sp. n. (Monogenea: Pseudodactylogyridae) from wild Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica.
The monogenean Pseudodactylogyrus kamegaii sp. n. is described, based on specimens collected from the gills of wild Japanese eel Anguilla japonica caught in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. This species is the most similar to P. anguillae (Yin and Sproston, 1948), but different in the shape and measurements of the male copulatory organ, vagina and marginal hook. This new species was collected from the eel in brackish waters, while P. anguillae and P. bini, the other known pseudodactylogyrids of Japanese eel, have been recorded only in fresh waters.
Iwashita
Makoto
M
Laboratory of Fish Diseases, Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Hirata
Junichi
J
Ogawa
Kazuo
K
D000811:Anguilla / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*