Cucullanus oceaniensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from Pacific eels (Anguilla spp.)

Title:

Cucullanus oceaniensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from Pacific eels (Anguilla spp.)

Creator:

Moravec, František, Sasal, Pierre, Würtz, Jürgen, and Taraschewski, Horst

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:373f016b-536a-44a3-98c9-4297db020457
uuid:373f016b-536a-44a3-98c9-4297db020457
doi:10.14411/fp.2005.047

Subject:

parasitic nematode, Cucullanus, new species, freshwater eel, Anguilla, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Fiji Islands, and South Pacific Ocean

Type:

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Description:

A new species of parasitic nematode, Cucullanus oceaniensis sp. n., is described from the intestine of the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata (type host) from Futuna Island (Wallis and Futuna Islands, Polynesia) and from A. marmorata and Anguilla sp. (cf. obscura) from Fiji Islands (Melanesia, South Pacific). The main distinguishing characteristics are the length of spicules (668-1,020 µm), situation of deirids (slightly anterior to the oesophago-intestinal junction) and the excretory pore (some distance posterior to the end of oesophagus), and the arrangement of caudal papillae in the male. It is the third known species of Cucullanus from Oceania and the first one reported from freshwater eels in the region of South Pacific. Cucullanus faliexae Morand et Rigby, 1998 is considered a junior synonym of Cucullanus australiensis Baylis, 1927.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

343-348

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2005 Volume:52 | Number:4

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