Microcotyle pentapodi

Microcotyle pentapodi is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.[1]

Microcotyle pentapodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Microcotylidae
Genus: Microcotyle
Species:
M. pentapodi
Binomial name
Microcotyle pentapodi
Sandars, 1944[1]
Synonyms
  • Paramicrocotyle pentapodi (Sandars, 1944) Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972[2]

Systematics

Microcotyle pentapodi was first described and iluustrated from the gills of Pentapodus milii off Rockingham, Australia.[1] Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus Paramicrocotyle to describe Paramicrocotyle tampicensis and Paramicrocotyle atriobursata off Mexico, and placed within this genus 16 species previously assigned to the genus Microcotyle[3] including M. pentapodi.[2] This species was returned to the genus Microcotyle and Paramicrocotyle is considered a junior subjective synonym of Microcotyle.[4]

Description

Microcotyle pentapodi has the general morphology of all species of Microcotyle, with a small elongated slender body, comprising an anterior part which contains most organs and a posterior part called the haptor. The haptor is symmetrical, and bears clamps, arranged as two rows, one on each side. The clamps of the haptor attach the animal to the gill of the fish. There are also two septate buccal suckers at the anterior extremity. The digestive organs include an anterior, terminal mouth, a pharynx, an oesophagus and a posterior intestine with two lateral branches provided with numerous secondary branches. Each adult contains male and female reproductive organs. The reproductive organs include an anterior genital atrium bifurcating immediately behind the genital atrium, armed with numerous spines, a medio-dorsal vagina, a single ovary and a number of circular testes which are posterior to the ovary. The eggs are oval.[1]

Etymology

The species name pentapodi is derived from the generic name of the type-host,Pentapodus milii.[1]

Hosts and localities

The type-host of Microcotyle pentapodi is Pentapodus milii. The type locality is off Australia.[1]

References
  1. Sandars, Dorothea F. (1944). A contribution to the knowledge of the Microcotylidae of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 68(1), 67–81. PDF in BHL
  2. Caballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151–165.
  3. Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Rosado Tun, Mariela del Carmen; Duarte Anchevida, Allan de Jesús; del Rio Rodríguez, Rodolfo E. (2018). "Morphological and molecular (28S rRNA) data of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) infecting the gill lamellae of marine fishes in the Campeche Bank, southwest Gulf of Mexico". ZooKeys. 783: 125–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.783.26218. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6160863.
  4. Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199–206.
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