Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus Boeger, Domingues & Pavanelli, 1995

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2005, Neotropical Monogenoidea. 47. Phylogeny and coevolution of species of Rhinoxenus (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae) and their Characiformes hosts (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) with description of four new species, Zoosystema 27 (3), pp. 441-467 : 451

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5402419

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477804

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scientific name

Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus Boeger, Domingues & Pavanelli, 1995
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Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus Boeger, Domingues & Pavanelli, 1995 View in CoL

Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus Boeger, Domingues & Pavanelli, 1995: 696-698 View in CoL , figs 1-8.

HOST AND LOCALITY. — Nasal cavities of Salminus brasiliensis (Characidae) , Rio Paraná, near Porto Rico, Paraná, Brazil.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Brazil. Rio Miranda, Passo do Lontra, Mato Grosso do Sul, from Salminus brasiliensis (Characidae) , 5.VIII.1998, voucher specimens ( INPA 421 a-c; MNHN 155 HG-T 1 197-197 bis-198; MZUSP 5934 a-b; USNPC 95223).

MEASUREMENTS. — Copulatory organ ring diameter 27 (21-37; n = 5); ventral anchor 121 (117-122; n = 5) long, 32 (30-32; n = 5) wide; dorsal anchor 129 (125- 132; n = 5) long; 5 (n = 5) wide; ventral bar 64 (60-67; n = 5) long; 12 (n = 5) wide; hook pair 1 37 (36-38; n = 2); hook pair 2 33 (30-35; n = 4); hook pair 3 48; hook pair 4 52; hook pair 5 45; hook pair 6 51; hook pair 7 49 (47-52; n = 3).

REMARKS

Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus is characterized by possessing the point of the ventral anchor in the shape of a “fish-hook”; posterolateral expansions in the ventral bar for articulation to the ventral anchor; and vagina sclerotized with cup-shape vestibule.

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MZUSP

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

USNPC

United States National Parasite Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Class

Monogenea

Order

Dactylogyridea

Family

Ancyrocephalidae

Genus

Rhinoxenus

Loc

Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus Boeger, Domingues & Pavanelli, 1995

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A. 2005
2005
Loc

Rhinoxenus bulbovaginatus

BOEGER W. A. & DOMINGUES M. V. & PAVANELLI G. C. 1995: 698
1995
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