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New evidence of a lateral transfer of monogenean parasite between distant fish hosts in Lake Ossa, South Cameroon: the case of Quadriacanthus euzeti n. sp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2015

J. Nack ,
A.R. Bitja Nyom ,
A. Pariselle  and
C.F. Bilong Bilong
J. Nack
Affiliation:
University of Douala, Faculty of Science, PO Box 24157 Douala, Cameroon
A.R. Bitja Nyom
Affiliation:
University of Ngaoundéré, Faculty of Science, PO Box 454 Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
A. Pariselle*
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de Montpellier, IRD, BP 1857, Yaoundé, Cameroon
C.F. Bilong Bilong
Affiliation:
University of Yaoundé 1, Faculty of SciencePO Box 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon
*
* E-mail: antoine.pariselle@ird.fr
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Abstract

Species of the monogenean genus Quadriacanthus mainly infect fish belonging to the Siluriformes, especially the genera Clarias, Heterobranchus or Bagrus, and their host specificity is strict (oioxenous) or narrow (stenoxenous). An examination of the gills of 19 Papyrocranus afer from Lake Ossa, South Cameroon, revealed for the first time the presence of a species of Quadriacanthus from a fish host belonging to the Notopteridae. The morphology and the size of sclerotized parts of haptor and the male and female copulatory complexes suggest that this monogenean is a new species named Quadriacanthus euzeti n. sp. The fish genus Papyrocranus differs taxonomically from the usual fish hosts of Quadriacanthus and hence the presence of a species belonging to this genus on the gills of this host suggests the occurrence of a lateral transfer of Quadriacanthus from species belonging to Clarias or Bagrus which live sympatrically with P. afer in Lake Ossa.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , July 2016 , pp. 455 - 459
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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