Paradiplozoon iraqensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplozoinae) from Cyprinion macrostomum (Cyprinidae) in the Tigris River, Iraq

Fatima Shihab Al-Nasiri; Juan Antonio Balbuena

doi:10.1515/ap-2016-0039

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Paradiplozoon iraqensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplozoinae) from Cyprinion macrostomum (Cyprinidae) in the Tigris River, Iraq

Fatima Shihab Al-Nasiri and Juan Antonio Balbuena

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From the journal Acta Parasitologica Volume 61 Issue 2

Abstract

A new species of monogenean diplozoid, Paradiplozoon iraqensis n. sp., from the gills of Cyprinion macrostomum Heckel from the Tigris River in Tikrit, Iraq is described. P. iraqensis n. sp. is distinguished from other species of the genus by the size of plicae on the fore- and hind body, the number of the branches of the intestinal caecum in fore body, intestinal caecum not extending to haptor, the size of the clamps and the morphology of the clamp sclerites, and by the length of the central hooks. Details of the shape and size of eggs, and of the reproductive system and prohaptoral region are provided. The present study raises the number of species of Paradiplozoon recorded in Iraq to 15.

Key words: Monogenea; Diplozoinae; Paradiplozoon; new species; Cyprinidae; fish; Iraq

Acknowledgement

We thank Dr. Tomáš Scholz and Blanka Škoríková of the Helmintological Collection of the Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic for providing the paratypes of P. bingolensis. The first author, F.S. Al-Nasiri, wishes to thank the Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, for providing the space and infrastructure to complete this study.

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Received: 2015-6-2

Revised: 2015-9-25

Accepted: 2015-12-3

Published Online: 2016-3-30

Published in Print: 2016-6-1

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Keywords for this article

Monogenea; Diplozoinae; Paradiplozoon; new species; Cyprinidae; fish; Iraq