Issue |
Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 53, Number 5, 1978
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Page(s) | 519 - 525 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1978535519 | |
Published online | 26 September 2017 |
Mémoire
Thynnascaris rhacodes sp. n. (Nematoda : Ascaridoidea) in fishes from the Israeli Mediterranean coast
Thynnascaris rhacodes sp. n. (Nematoda : Ascaridoidea) parasite de poissons de la Méditerranée le long de la côte d’Israël
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, U.S.A.
Accepted: 10 May 1978
Thynnascaris rhacodes sp. n. infects Pelates quadrilineatus, Solea vulgaris, Boops boops, Lithognathus mormyrus, Obleida melanura, Diplodus vulgaris, D. sargus, and Sparus auratus from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Unique in that the cuticle on the female tail is wrinkled, the ascaridoid is further characterized by possessing 27 to 35 precloacal papillae, a body length of 11 to 85 mm, similar spicules 3 to 6 % of body length, a length-ratio of intestinal cecum to ventricular appendage of 1 : 1 to 5, and lips longer than wide.
Résumé
Thynnascaris rhacodes n. sp. est parasite de Pelates quadrilineatus, Solea vulgaris, Boops boops, Lithognathus mormyrus, Oblada melanura, Diplodus vulgaris, D. sargus, et Sparus auratus en Méditerranée orientale. La nouvelle espèse se caractérise par la cuticule ridée de la queue de la femelle, 27 à 35 papilles préanales, un corps long de 11 à 85 mm, des spicules semblables ayant 3 à 6 % de la longueur du corps, une proportion longueur du caecum intestinal/appendice œsophagien de 1 : 1 à 5, et des lèvres céphaliques plus longues que larges.
© Masson, Paris 1978, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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