Philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) from fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya, including two new species of Philometra and erection of Afrophilometra gen. sp

0328285 - BC 2010 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Moravec, František - Charo-Karisa, H. - Jirků, Miloslav
Philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) from fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya, including two new species of Philometra and erection of Afrophilometra gen. sp.
Folia Parasitologica. Roč. 56, č. 1 (2009), s. 41-54. ISSN 0015-5683. E-ISSN 1803-6465
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC522; GA AV ČR KJB600960813; GA ČR(CZ) GA524/06/0170
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : Philometridae * freshwater fishes * Kenya
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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The following 4 species of the Philometridae (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) were recorded from freshwater fishes of Lake Turkana, northwestern Kenya in 2007-2008: Philometra bagri (Khalil, 1965) the bayad Bagrus bajad (Forsskål) (Bagridae: Siluriformes), Philometra lati sp. n. from the Nile perch Lates niloticus (Linnaeus) (Latidae: Perciformes), Philometra spiriformis sp. n. from L. niloticus and Afrophilometra hydrocyoni (Fahmy, Mandour et El-Nafar, 1976) comb. n. from Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier) (Alestidae: Characiformes). The new species P. lati is characterized mainly by the presence of distinct oesophageal teeth, absence of large cephalic lobes and caudal projections. Philometra spiriformis differs from all congeners principally in the spirally coiled body. The already known species P. bagri and A. hydrocyoni are redescribed based on light and scanning electron microscopy; findings of both these species in Kenya represent new geographical records.
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