Cichlidogyrus makasai

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Cichlidogyrus makasai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Cichlidogyrus
Species:
C. makasai
Binomial name
Cichlidogyrus makasai
Vanhove, Volckaert & Pariselle, 2011

Cichlidogyrus makasai is a species of monopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Ancyrocephalidae. It was first found infecting the gills of Ophthalmotilapia ventralis in Lake Tanganyika. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by the unusual length of its dorsal transverse bar auricles. [1]

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Etymology

The species was named to honor research assistant Lawrence Makasa, "for his participation and contribution to the field expedition in Zambia and Tanzania during which most of the specimens for this study were collected". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vanhove, Maarten P. M.; Volckaert, Filip A. M.; Pariselle, Antoine (2011). "Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: I: Four new species of Cichlidogyrus from Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), the first record of this parasite family in the basin". Zoologia (Curitiba, Impresso). 28 (2): 253–263. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702011000200016 . ISSN   1984-4670.

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