Acanthocephalus reunionensis n sp (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), a parasite of Anguilla species (Anguillidae) from Reunion Island

L R Smales; P Sasal; H Taraschewski

doi:10.1051/parasite/2007142131

Acanthocephalus reunionensis n sp (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), a parasite of Anguilla species (Anguillidae) from Reunion Island

Parasite. 2007 Jun;14(2):131-4. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2007142131.

Authors

L R Smales¹, P Sasal, H Taraschewski

Affiliation

¹ School of Biological and Environmental Science, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia. l.warner@cqu.edu.au

PMID: 17645184
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2007142131

Abstract

In a survey of 118 eels Anguilla bicolor, A. marmorata and A. mossambica, (Anguillidae) indigenous to Reunion Island in the Mascarene island group, western Indian Ocean, a new species of acanthocephalan, Acanthocepholus reunionensis n. sp., was found. With a proboscis hook formula of 19 rows of 4-5 hooks, and elongated cement glands arranged in three pairs, this species differs from all other species in the genus. This is the first record of the genus Acanthocephalus occurring in eels from the African Region.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acanthocephala / anatomy & histology*
Acanthocephala / classification*
Anguilla / parasitology*
Animals
Female
Fish Diseases / epidemiology
Fish Diseases / parasitology*
Helminthiasis, Animal / epidemiology
Helminthiasis, Animal / parasitology*
Host-Parasite Interactions
Male
Phylogeny*
Reunion / epidemiology