Diplectanum squamatum n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) in Southwest Atlantic waters.

SANTOS, C.P.; TIMI, J.T.; GIBSON, D.

SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2002 vol. 88 p. 573 - 576

0165-5752

Diplectanum squamatum n. sp. is described from the gills of the sciaenid Cynoscion guatucupa collected off Mar del Plata, Argentina. The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus by the morphology of the hamuli and the male copulatory organ, and presence of scales on the haptor and body. This is the first species of Diplectanum to be reported from southwest Atlantic waters and, with the possible exception of D. cayennense Euzet & Durette-Desset, 1974, the only species from the Atlantic coast of South America.