Ankistromeces mariae n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from Meuschenia freycineti (Monacanthidae) off Tasmania.
Ankistromeces mariae n. g., n. sp. is described from Meuschenia freycineti (Monacanthidae), the six-spined leatherjacket, from off northern Tasmania. The new genus differs from the 21 other sanguinicolid genera in the combination of the anteriorly intercaecal and posteriorly post-caecal single testis, the presence of a cirrus-sac, the absence of an auxiliary external seminal vesicle, separate genital pores, the typically post-ovarian uterus and the H-shaped intestine. A. mariae is the first sanguinicolid to be reported from a monacanthid fish.
Nolan
Matthew J
MJ
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology and Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Cribb
Thomas H
TH
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007422:Intestines / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013648:Tasmania; D013737:Testis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D023721:Tetraodontiformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology