A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea.
Dendromonocotyle rajidicola n. sp. is described from the dorsal surface of the yellownose skate Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes) caught on the Argentine shelf. Dendromonocotyle rajidicola n. sp. can be distinguished from the other 17 species in the genus by the morphology of the distal portion of the male copulatory organ and by the unique morphology of the sclerotised proximal portion of the vagina. This is the first species of Dendromonocotyle to be described from a host in the Rajiformes and also the first record of this genus in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Funes, 3350, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. manuelirigoitia@gmail.com.
Manuel M
MM
Irigoitia
Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.|Marine Parasitology Laboratory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DX 650 418), The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
Leslie A
LA
Chisholm
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Funes, 3350, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Juan T
JT
Timi
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000469:parasitology*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*