Journal article
Ascarophisnema hoiae n. sp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae), from the stomach of the trumpeter whiting, Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard (Perciformes: Sillaginidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
I Beveridge, F Moravec
Systematic Parasitology | SPRINGER | Published : 2020
Abstract
Ascarophisnema hoiae n. sp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) is described from the stomach of the trumpeter whiting, Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard (Perciformes: Sillaginidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It differs morphologically from the only other valid congener, A. tridentatum Moravec & Justine, 2010 in the shape of the sub-labium and in the lengths of the spicules and the morphology of their distal tips (bifid). It represents the first record of this genus from Australia and appears to be highly oioxenous, having been found only in this host species among 133 other species of fish examined at the same locality.
Grants
Awarded by Australian Biological Resources Study
Funding Acknowledgements
This project was supported financially by the Australian Biological Resources Study National Taxonomy Research Grant RF215-40. We thank Tom Cribb and Scott Cutmore for all arrangements associated with the collection of the material described here and John Page and David Thompson specifically for assistance with the collection of the teleost hosts. Thanks are also due to the Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, institution supported by the MEYS CR (LM2015062 Czech-BioImaging) for their support with obtaining a part of the scientific data in this paper. This study was partly supported by the institutional support of the Institute of Parasitology, BC AS CR (585110/9500).