Cichlidogyrus cirratus Paperna, 1964

Pariselle, Antoine & Euzet, Louis, 2009, Systematic revision of dactylogyridean parasites (Monogenea) from cichlid fishes in Africa, the Levant and Madagascar, Zoosystema 31 (4), pp. 849-898 : 861

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2009n4a6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4520389
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scientific name	Cichlidogyrus cirratus Paperna, 1964
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Cichlidogyrus cirratus Paperna, 1964 View in CoL

Cichlidogyrus cirratus Paperna, 1964: 4 View in CoL , 5, figs 10, 11.

Cichlidogyrus nematocirrus Paperna, 1969: 863 View in CoL , figs 54, 55; 1979: 13, pl. 3, figs 3-7.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Of C. cirratus : Holotype and paratypes in the helminthological collection of the Department of Parasitology Hebrew University, Hassad Medical School, Israel, no number mentioned.

Of C. nematocirrus : Holotype: MRAC M.T. 35.583 ( Paperna 1979).

TYPE HOST. — Of C. cirratus : Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Of C. nematocirrus View in CoL : Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Paperna 1979) View in CoL .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Of C. cirratus Tiberias Lake , Israel. Of C. nematocirrus : Man-made Volta Lake, Ghana.

ADDITIONAL HOST. — Of C. cirratus : Oreochromis niloticus ( Ergens 1981) .

Of C. nematocirrus View in CoL : Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) View in CoL , Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906) View in CoL and Oreochromis esculentus (Graham, 1928) ( Paperna 1979) View in CoL .

SITE. — Gills.

ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES. — Cairo, Nile River, Egypt ( Ergens 1981) on O. niloticus . Senegal on type host (nobis).

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Cichlidogyrus cirratus and C. nematocirrus have high morphological similarities and are both found on O. niloticus . The only difference between these two species is the length of the penis (320 vs. 145 µm) which is not easy to measure (very long, sinuous and thin penis), thus we consider that C. nematocirrus is a junior synonym of C. cirratus .