Journal article
Two new species of Prochristianella Dollfus, 1946 (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) from the blue-spotted stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) off New Caledonia
I Beveridge, JL Justine
Zoosystema | PUBLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES DU MUSEUM, PARIS | Published : 2010
DOI: 10.5252/z2010n4a7
Abstract
Prochristianella aciculata n. sp. and P. omunae n. sp. (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha, Eutetrarhynchidae) are described from the spiral valve of Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Rajiformes, Dasyatidae) from Nouméa, New Caledonia, representing the first records of this cestode genus from the southern Pacific Ocean. Prochristianella aciculata n. sp. is distinguished from congeners by aciculate hooks in the principal rows of the metabasal tentacular armature and by the unique morphology of the first hooks in each row. Prochristianella omunae n. sp. is distinguished from congeners by its extended basal armature (20 rows of hooks) and the presence of enlarged hooks at the very ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Financial support to TB was provided by National Science Foundation PB&I grant nos. 0818696 and 0818823 (A survey of the tapeworms (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes)). Prof. Claude Chauvet (Universite de Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, New Caledonia, UNC) and Jean-Louis Pagnon are gratefully thanked for collecting of fish on board the Alcyon. Soazig Le Mouellic (UNC) provided technical help. Prof. Louis Euzet collected parasites used in this report; Amandine Marie, student, and Angelo di Matteo (IRD Noumea) provided valuable assistance.