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Issue: Vol. 1365 No. 1: 27 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1365.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of Chauhanellus (Monogenoidea, Platyhelminthes) from the gills of Southern Atlantic marine catfishes (Siluriformes, Ariidae) of the Neotropical region

Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia; Rua do Matão, trav. 14, nº 321 Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, BRAZIL. Postdoctoral fellow from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa ao Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia; Rua do Matão, trav. 14, nº 321 Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, BRAZIL Doctoral fellow from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Platyhelminthes Monogenoidea Dactylogyridae Ancyrocephalinae Chauhanellus neotropicalis n. sp. Chauhanellus boegeri n. sp. Siluriformes Aspistor luniscutis Genidens barbus Genidens genidens

Abstract

Two new species of Chauhanellus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969 (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae) are described from the gills of marine catfishes from the Southwestern Atlantic: Chauhanellus neotropicalis n. sp. from Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840), and Chauhanellus boegeri n. sp. from Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803) and Genidens genidens (Cuvier, 1829). This is the first report of species of Chauhanellus in the Atlantic waters and the Neotropical region.

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