A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus

A new species of cryptogonimid belonging to the genus Parspina Pearse, 1920 is described from the intestine of Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina. Parspina pimelodellae n. sp. is characterised by having: (i) a body length/width ratio of 1:3. 6-5. 3 at the level...

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Autor principal: Arredondo, Nathalia J.
Publicado: 2013
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spelling paper:paper_01655752_v84_n1_p81_Arredondo2023-06-08T15:15:01Z A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus Arredondo, Nathalia J. animal Argentina article catfish classification histology parasitology river species difference trematode Animals Argentina Catfishes Rivers Species Specificity Trematoda Cryptogonimidae Heptapteridae Pimelodella Siluriformes A new species of cryptogonimid belonging to the genus Parspina Pearse, 1920 is described from the intestine of Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina. Parspina pimelodellae n. sp. is characterised by having: (i) a body length/width ratio of 1:3. 6-5. 3 at the level of the ventral sucker; (ii) 21 oral spines; (iii) an oral sucker larger than the ventral sucker, with a sucker width ratio of 1:0. 6-0. 7; (iv) a postcaecal region of 16-19% of the body-length; (v) a compact, transversely elongate ovary, anterior to and well separated from the testes; (vi) small, branched vitelline follicles, extending from the level of the ventral sucker to the anterior margin of the ovary; and (vii) a large seminal vesicle situated posterodorsal to the ventral sucker. A key to the species of Parspina is presented. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Fil:Arredondo, N.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2013 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01655752_v84_n1_p81_Arredondo http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01655752_v84_n1_p81_Arredondo
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topic animal
Argentina
article
catfish
classification
histology
parasitology
river
species difference
trematode
Animals
Argentina
Catfishes
Rivers
Species Specificity
Trematoda
Cryptogonimidae
Heptapteridae
Pimelodella
Siluriformes
spellingShingle animal
Argentina
article
catfish
classification
histology
parasitology
river
species difference
trematode
Animals
Argentina
Catfishes
Rivers
Species Specificity
Trematoda
Cryptogonimidae
Heptapteridae
Pimelodella
Siluriformes
Arredondo, Nathalia J.
A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus
topic_facet animal
Argentina
article
catfish
classification
histology
parasitology
river
species difference
trematode
Animals
Argentina
Catfishes
Rivers
Species Specificity
Trematoda
Cryptogonimidae
Heptapteridae
Pimelodella
Siluriformes
description A new species of cryptogonimid belonging to the genus Parspina Pearse, 1920 is described from the intestine of Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina. Parspina pimelodellae n. sp. is characterised by having: (i) a body length/width ratio of 1:3. 6-5. 3 at the level of the ventral sucker; (ii) 21 oral spines; (iii) an oral sucker larger than the ventral sucker, with a sucker width ratio of 1:0. 6-0. 7; (iv) a postcaecal region of 16-19% of the body-length; (v) a compact, transversely elongate ovary, anterior to and well separated from the testes; (vi) small, branched vitelline follicles, extending from the level of the ventral sucker to the anterior margin of the ovary; and (vii) a large seminal vesicle situated posterodorsal to the ventral sucker. A key to the species of Parspina is presented. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
author Arredondo, Nathalia J.
author_facet Arredondo, Nathalia J.
author_sort Arredondo, Nathalia J.
title A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus
title_short A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus
title_full A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus
title_fullStr A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Parspina Pearse, 1920 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in the Paraná River basin, Argentina, and a key to the genus
title_sort new species of parspina pearse, 1920 (digenea: cryptogonimidae) from pimelodella gracilis (valenciennes) (siluriformes: heptapteridae) in the paraná river basin, argentina, and a key to the genus
publishDate 2013
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