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Nack J., Bitja Nyom A. R., Pariselle Antoine, Bilong Bilong C. F. (2016). New evidence of a lateral transfer of monogenean parasite between distant fish hosts in Lake Ossa, South Cameroon : the case of Quadriacanthus euzeti n. sp.. Journal of Helminthology, 90 (4), p. 455-459. ISSN 0022-149X.

Titre du document
New evidence of a lateral transfer of monogenean parasite between distant fish hosts in Lake Ossa, South Cameroon : the case of Quadriacanthus euzeti n. sp.
Année de publication
2016
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000379979100010
Auteurs
Nack J., Bitja Nyom A. R., Pariselle Antoine, Bilong Bilong C. F.
Source
Journal of Helminthology, 2016, 90 (4), p. 455-459 ISSN 0022-149X
Species of the monogenean genus Quadriacanthus mainly infect fish belonging to the Siluriformes, especially the genera Clarias, Heterobranchus or Bagrus, and their host specificity is strict (oioxenous) or narrow (stenoxenous). An examination of the gills of 19 Papyrocranus afer from Lake Ossa, South Cameroon, revealed for the first time the presence of a species of Quadriacanthus from a fish host belonging to the Notopteridae. The morphology and the size of sclerotized parts of haptor and the male and female copulatory complexes suggest that this monogenean is a new species named Quadriacanthus euzeti n. sp. The fish genus Papyrocranus differs taxonomically from the usual fish hosts of Quadriacanthus and hence the presence of a species belonging to this genus on the gills of this host suggests the occurrence of a lateral transfer of Quadriacanthus from species belonging to Clarias or Bagrus which live sympatrically with P. afer in Lake Ossa.
Plan de classement
Limnologie biologique / Océanographie biologique [034]
Description Géographique
CAMEROUN ; OSSA LAC
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010067686]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010067686
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