Henneguya shackletoni sp.nov. [Myxosporea, Bivalvulida, Myxobolidae] from the Falklands mullet, Eleginops maclovinus [Cuvier] [Teleostei, Eleginopidae] in the Falkland Islands

• Autorzy: Brickle P , Kalavati C. , MacKenzie K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

During a survey of the parasite fauna of the euryhaline notothenioid fish Eleginops maclovinus (Cuvier) caught in brackish water creeks in the Falkland Islands, small white cysts were observed in the mesenteries and on the surfaces of the visceral organs and heart. On dissection these proved to be plasmodia of a species of the myxosporean genus Henneguya. This is the first record of a member of this genus from a marine or euryhaline fish in the south-west Atlantic. A comparison of the spore of our species with other species in the genus convinced us that our species is new. This paper describes it as Henneguya shackletoni sp. nov. after the Shackleton Fund which funded the study.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Eleginopidae; fish; Bivalvulida; Teleostei; Henneguya shackletoni; Eleginops maclovinus; parasitic fauna; Myxosporea; Falkland Islands; brackish water; notothenioid fish; Falkland mullet; Myxobolidae

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Parasitologica
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 51
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.36-39,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Brickle P

• Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department, P.O.Box 598, Stanley, Falkland Islands

autor

Kalavati C.

autor

MacKenzie K.

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