Choricotyle leonilavazquezae sp. n. (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) Parasitic on Microlepidotus brevipinnis (Osteichthyes: Haemulidae) from Chamela Bay, Jalisco, México
Por:
Lamothe-Argumedo R., Aranda-Cruz C., De León G.P.-P.
Publicada:
1 ene 1998
Resumen:
A new species of Choricotyle van Beneden and Hesse, 1863, is described from the gills of the sarangola Microlepidotus brevipinnis (Steindachner) Jordan and Fisher, (Haemulidae), from the Pacific Ocean in Chamela Bay, Jalisco State, México. Between May 1993 and May 1995, 53 specimens of M. brevipinnis were collected and examined for parasites Choricotyle leonilavezquezae sp. n. is distinct from other species within the genus because of the presence of 2 well-developed horseshoe-shaped oral suckers, the shorter longitudinal axis of the haptor, the presence of 8 spines in the genital atrium the distribution of vitellaria that extend to the basal area of the peduncles.
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