A new species of<i>Argulus</i>(Crustacea: Branchiura) from a bony fish in Algoa Bay, South Africa

Avenant‐Oldewage, Annemariè; Oldewage, W.H.

doi:10.1080/02541858.1995.11448387

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“…Variation in number of and shape of sclerites was observed on A. yucatanus as was noted for several other species (Fryer 1959, Avenant-Oldewage and Oldewage 1995, Poly 2003 Figure 5). In A. yucatanus higher numbers of sclerites per rod occur in the anterolateral section of a suction cup and the sclerites tend to be more bulbous or round anterolaterally, whereas sclerite numbers are lower posteriorly and on mesial (inner) margin, and sclerites tend to be more slender.…”

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Argulus yucatanus N. Sp. (Crustacea: Branchiura) Parasitic on Cichlasoma urophthalmus from Yucatan, Mexico

Poly

2005

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A new species, Argulus yucatanus, is described based on 14 specimens from Cichlasoma urophthalmus collected in Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico. Diagnostic characters include the number of and shape of sclerites in the suction cup support rods, shape of and position of respiratory areas, and modifications on the legs of males. In males, the coxae of the 2nd legs bear an angular lobe with 5-7 erect scales and 13-21 sensilla. The new species is compared to Argulus funduli Krøyer, 1863, A. chromidis Krøyer, 1863, A. cubensis Wilson, 1936, A. rhamdiae Wilson, 1936, and A. varians Bere, 1936.RESUMEN Una nueva especie, Argulus yucatanus, está escrito de catorce especimenes de Cichlasoma urophthalmus colectaron del Estero de Celestún, Yucatán, México. Varios caracteres la distinguen con inclusión del numeró de y de la forma de escleritos en las rayas de las ventosas, de las áreas respiratorias y de las modificaciónes en las patas de los machos. En los machos, las segundas parejas de las patas tienen un lóbulo angular con 5-7 escamas erguidas y 13-21 sensillas.

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Argulus yucatanus N. Sp. (Crustacea: Branchiura) Parasitic on Cichlasoma urophthalmus from Yucatan, Mexico

Poly

2005

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“…It includes a single species of Dolops ranarum and nine of the 14 African species of the genus Chonopeltis have so far been recorded from southern Africa. Of these, five are species described by aquatic parasitologists from South Africa: C. fryeri (van As 1986), C. victori (Avenant-Oldewage 1991), C. koki (van As 1992), C. inermis redescribed (van As and van As 1993), C. lisikili (van As and van As 1996) and Chonopeltis liversedgei (van As and van As 1999b). Two African species of the genus Argulus have been found in the Okavango (van As and van As 2015).…”

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“…Douëllou and Erlwanger (1994) provide information on its host range in Lake Kariba, and van As and van As (2015) provide new host and distribution records and compare the populations from the Zambezi, Okavango and Limpopo river systems. In a single-authored paper Avenant-Oldewage (1991) described a new species, Chonopeltis victori, from a cyprinid fish in the Olifants River, Mpumalanga. A few years later Luus-Powell and reported on some aspects of the histomorphology of C. victori.…”

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A brief history of freshwater fish parasitology in southern Africa

2015

African Zoology

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“…Branchiurans (fish lice) of the genus Argulus Müller, 1785 are dominant ectoparasites of teleosts, but have also been reported from chondrichthyans (Wilson 1902, 1904, Cressey 1972, Ross 1999, Caira and Healy 2004. In South Africa, very few species of Argulus are known from marine or brackish water teleost hosts (Barnard 1955a, Avenant-Oldewage 1994, Avenant-Oldewage and Oldewage 1995, Van As et al 1999, Van As and Van As 2001, Smit et al 2005, while records of branchiuran infections on chondrichthyans are entirely absent.…”

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Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa - a neglected field of marine science

Schaeffner¹,

Smit²

2019

FOLIA PARASIT

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Southern Africa is considered one of the world's 'hotspots' for the diversity of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), with currently 204 reported species. Although numerous literature records and treatises on chondrichthyan fishes are available, a paucity of information exists on the biodiversity of their parasites. Chondrichthyan fishes are parasitised by several groups of protozoan and metazoan organisms that live either permanently or temporarily on and within their hosts. Reports of parasites infecting elasmobranchs and holocephalans in South Africa are sparse and information on most parasitic groups is fragmentary or entirely lacking. Parasitic copepods constitute the best-studied group with currently 70 described species (excluding undescribed species or nomina nuda) from chondrichthyans. Given the large number of chondrichthyan species present in southern Africa, it is expected that only a mere fraction of the parasite diversity has been discovered to date and numerous species await discovery and description. This review summarises information on all groups of parasites of chondrichthyan hosts and demonstrates the current knowledge of chondrichthyan parasites in South Africa. Checklists are provided displaying the host-parasite and parasite-host data known to date.

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A new species ofArgulus(Crustacea: Branchiura) from a bony fish in Algoa Bay, South Africa

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Argulus yucatanus N. Sp. (Crustacea: Branchiura) Parasitic on Cichlasoma urophthalmus from Yucatan, Mexico

Argulus yucatanus N. Sp. (Crustacea: Branchiura) Parasitic on Cichlasoma urophthalmus from Yucatan, Mexico

A brief history of freshwater fish parasitology in southern Africa

Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa - a neglected field of marine science

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