title: Acanthocephalus reunionensis n sp (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), a parasite of Anguilla species (Anguillidae) from Reunion Island.
abstract: 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, Acanthocepholus 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological and Environmental Science, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia. l.warner@cqu.edu.au
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Smales
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sasal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taraschewski
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D000811:Anguilla / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D017508:Reunion / Q000453:epidemiology