Cichlidogyrus centesimus

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Cichlidogyrus centesimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Cichlidogyrus
Species:
C. centesimus
Binomial name
Cichlidogyrus centesimus
Vanhove, Volckaert & Pariselle, 2011

Cichlidogyrus centesimus is a species of monopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Ancyrocephalidae. It was first found infecting the gills of Ophthalmotilapia ventralis in Lake Tanganyika. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by possessing a spirally coiled thickening at the end of its penis, the accessory piece in the genital apparatus being nonexistent, and a particular uncinuli configuration in its haptor. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin centesimus, meaning "hundredth", due to the fact that it was the 100th species described by Antoine Pariselle.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vanhove, Maarten P. M.; Volckaert, Filip A. M.; Pariselle, Antoine (2011). "Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: I: Four new species of Cichlidogyrus from Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), the first record of this parasite family in the basin". Zoologia (Curitiba, Impresso). 28 (2): 253–263. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702011000200016. ISSN 1984-4670.

Further reading[edit]

  • Bukinga, Fidel Muterezi, et al. "Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: III: Cichlidogyrus infecting the world’s biggest cichlid and the non-endemic tribes Haplochromini, Oreochromini and Tylochromini (Teleostei, Cichlidae)." Parasitology research 111.5 (2012): 2049–2061.
  • Pariselle, Antoine, et al. "Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: IV: Cichlidogyrus parasitizing species of Bathybatini (Teleostei, Cichlidae): reduced host-specificity in the deepwater realm?." Hydrobiologia 748.1 (2015): 99–119.