First record of Paradiplozoon amurensis (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) in Iraq from gills of the cyprinid fish Cyprinion macrostomum.
A survey of gill parasites was conducted in 164 Cyprinion macrostomum (Cyprinidae) collected from the Tigris River at Tikreet city, Salah Al-Deen province, in central Iraq, in 2009-2010. The monogenean Paradiplozoon amurensis Akhmerov, 1974 (Diplozoidae) was observed in the gills of 26.2% of these fishes with a mean intensity of 2.3. This is the first report of P amurensis in Iraq. A description and morphometrics of P amurensis specimens are presented.
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Tikreet, Iraq. fshnasiri@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007493:Iraq; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*