Five new species of Cichlidogyrus (Monogenea : Ancyrocephalidae) from Tilapia brevimanus, T-buttikoferi and T-cessiana from Guinea, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone (West Africa)

Authors
Pariselle, A Euzet, L
Citation
A. Pariselle et L. Euzet, Five new species of Cichlidogyrus (Monogenea : Ancyrocephalidae) from Tilapia brevimanus, T-buttikoferi and T-cessiana from Guinea, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone (West Africa), FOL PARASIT, 45(4), 1998, pp. 275-282
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA
ISSN journal
00155683 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
275 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5683(1998)45:4<275:FNSOC(>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Three species of cichlid fish, Tilapia brevimanus Boulenger, 1911, T. butti koferi (Hubrecht, 1881), and T. cessiana Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968, fro m Guinea, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone (West Africa) were examined for gill parasites for the first time. Six species of Monogenea were found of which one, Cichlidogyrus digitatus Dossou, 1982, had been previously described. Five new species, all belonging to the genus Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960, a re described herein: C. albareti sp. n., C, hemi sp. n., C. nuniezi sp, n., C. bonhommei sp. n., and C. slembroucki sp.n.