Monogeneans from Pangasiidae (Siluriformes) in Southeast Asia: X. six new species of Thaparocleidus Jain, 1952 (Ancylodiscoididae) from Pangasius micronema

Parasite. 2006 Dec;13(4):283-90. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2006134283.

Abstract

The examination of gill parasites from Pangasius micronemao Bleeker, 1847 (Siluriformes, Pangasiidae) in Southeast Asia revealed the presence of nine species of Monogenea. Two (Thoparocleidus brevicochleus Pariselle, Lim & Lambert, 2001 and T. sinespinoe Pariselle, Lim & Lambert, 2001) have been previously described. Among the others, six species, belonging to Thaporocleidus Jain, 1952 (Monogenea, Ancylodiscoididae) as defined by Lim (1996) and Lim et al. (2001), are considered new species: T. tacitus n. sp., T. summagracilis n. sp., T. portentosus n. sp., T rukyonii n. sp., T. durandi n. sp., and T. lebrunce n. sp. The remaining species is represented by too few individuals to be conclusively described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asia, Southeastern
  • Catfishes / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Fish Diseases / parasitology*
  • Gills / parasitology
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Male
  • Phylogeny*
  • Platyhelminths / anatomy & histology
  • Platyhelminths / classification*
  • Species Specificity
  • Trematode Infections / parasitology
  • Trematode Infections / veterinary*