Neotropical monogenea. 13. Rhinonastes pseuodocapsaloideum n. gen., n. sp. (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) , a nasal parasite of curimatã, Prochilodus nigricans Agassiz (Cypriniformes, Prochilodontidae) , in Brazil

Kritsky, D.C.; Thatcher, V.E.; Boeger, W.A.

Journal of Parasitology 74(4): 695-698

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3395
PMID: 3397831
Document Number: 320292
Rhinonastes pseudocapsaloideum n. sp. (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) is described from the nasal cavity of Prochilodus nigricans Agassiz (Cypriniformies, Prochilodontidae) in Brazil. Rhinonastes n. gen. is proposed for species possessing a dextroventral genital pore, a bilobed testis, a ventral C-shaped ovary lying between the 2 testicular lobes, and a disc-shaped haptor armed with a ventral anchor-bar complex and 14 hooks.

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