Euryhaliotrema fajeravilae Kritsky & Mendoza-Franco, 2012

Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F., Tun, Mariela del Carmen Rosado, Anchevida, Allan de Jesus Duarte & Rodriguez, Rodolfo E. del Rio, 2018, Morphological and molecular (28 S rRNA) data of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) infecting the gill lamellae of marine fishes in the Campeche Bank, southwest Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 783, pp. 125-161 : 125

Euryhaliotrema fajeravilae Kritsky & Mendoza-Franco, 2012

Type host.

Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869)

Present study.

L. griseus (new host)

Locality/prevalence, mean abundance and intensity range.

San Francisco: two fish (mean TL 28.1cm; range 21.6-39) infected of 65 examined (3 %); abundance, 0.1; intensity of infection, 1-2 worms. Champoton: 1 fish (TL 28.3; 25.2-37) infected of 37 examined (2.7 %), abundance, 0.05; intensity of infection, 2.

Supplementary observations

(measurements based on four specimens). Body 327 (200-380; 4) long; greatest width 76-80. Haptor 70 (65-75; 3) wide. MCO 19 (18-21; 4) long. Ventral anchor 39 (35-44; 8) long; dorsal anchor 55 (47-59; 8) long. Ventral bar 40 (33-54; 4) long; dorsal bar 37 (30-46; n = 4) long.

Comments.

This species was described from L. argentiventris from the Perlas Archipielago, Panama by Kritsky and Mendoza-Franco (in Kritsky 2012). Euryhaliotrema fajeravilae is distinguished from other species of the genus infecting lutjanids by having larger anchors and a noticeably smaller copulatory complex. The morphometrics of the present specimens did not differ from that of the original description.

Specimens deposited.

Four reference specimens in the CNHE (10614).