Folia Parasitologica 47[4] 279-283 (2000) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.048

Paranaella luquei gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Microcotylidae), a new parasite of Brazilian catfishes

Anna Kohn1,2, Mariade Fatima D. Baptista-Farias1, Simone Chinicz Cohen1
1 Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
2 Research fellow I-A from "Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq"

Paranaella, a new microcotyline monotypic genus, is erected to accommodate Paranaella luquei sp. n., parasite of gill filaments from Hypostomus sp., Hypostomus regani (Ihering) and Rhinelepis aspera Spix et Agassiz (Loricariidae) from the Paraná River, Brazil. The new genus is most closely related to Microcotyle Van Beneden et Hesse, 1863, Diplostamenides Unnithan, 1971 and Solostamenides Unnithan, 1971. From Microcotyle it differs mainly by having the genital atrium formed by a muscular ring with a concentric row of numerous elongate and straight spines; from Diplostamenides it can be distinguished by the unarmed and not differentiated cirrus and from Solostamenides it differs by the single vaginal pore and absence of larval hooks.

Keywords: Monogenea, Microcotylidae, Paranaella luquei, catfishes, Paraná River, Brazil

Received: November 23, 1999; Accepted: April 5, 2000; Published: December 1, 2000  Show citation

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Kohn, A., Baptista-Farias, M.F.D., & Chinicz Cohen, S. (2000). Paranaella luquei gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Microcotylidae), a new parasite of Brazilian catfishes. Folia Parasitologica, 47(4), 279-283. doi: 10.14411/fp.2000.048
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