Check List 11(2): e19166, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1568
First report of Pterinotrematoides mexicanum Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 (Monogenea, Macrovalvitrematidae) in Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the coastal zone of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Moisés Gallas‡, Eliane Fraga da Silveira‡, Eduardo Périco§‡ Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brazil§ Centro Universitário UNIVATES, Brazil
Corresponding author: Moisés Gallas ( mgallas88@gmail.com ) © 2017 Moisés Gallas, Eliane da Silveira, Eduardo Périco. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Gallas M, da Silveira E, Périco E (2015) First report of Pterinotrematoides mexicanum Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 (Monogenea, Macrovalvitrematidae) in Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the coastal zone of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Check List 11(2): 1568. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1568 |  |
Abstract
: In South America, Pterinotrematoides mexicanum Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1955 has been reported in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in Argentina parasitizing Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823). In this paper, the first record of P. mexicanum in the same host from the coastal zone of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is presented, filling a gap of occurrence of P. mexicanum. The morphology of P. mexicanum is redescribed and compared with that of Neopterinotrematoides avaginata Suriano, 1975.
Keywords
monogeneans; whitemouth croaker; helminth fauna; taxonomy; Neotropical Region