Mexiconema africanum sp. n. (Nematoda: Daniconematidae) from the catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis from Lake Turkana, Kenya

MORAVEC, František, Miloslav JIRKŮ, Harrison CHARO-KARISA and Šárka MAŠOVÁ. Mexiconema africanum sp. n. (Nematoda: Daniconematidae) from the catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis from Lake Turkana, Kenya. Parasitology Research. Berlin: Springer, 2009, vol. 105, No 4, p. 1047-1052. ISSN 0932-0113.

Basic information

• Original name: Mexiconema africanum sp. n. (Nematoda: Daniconematidae) from the catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis from Lake Turkana, Kenya
• Authors: MORAVEC, František (203 Czech Republic), Miloslav JIRKŮ (203 Czech Republic), Harrison CHARO-KARISA (404 Kenya) and Šárka MAŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Parasitology Research, Berlin, Springer, 2009, 0932-0113.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.721
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/09:00036042
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000269207200019
• Keywords (in Czech): hlístice; Afrika
• Keywords in English: nematode; Africa; catfish
• Tags: Africa, nematode
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

A new species of dracunculoid nematode, Mexiconema africanum sp. n. (Daniconematidae), is described from the abdominal cavity and the intestine (rarely also the gall bladder) of the catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis (Valenciennes) (Claroteidae, Siluriformes) from Lake Turkana, Kenya. The new species differs from two other congeners mainly in the absence of two large cell nuclei in the glandular oesophagus, presence of welldeveloped lateral cephalic elevations, more numerous (14) cephalic papillae and a much longer body of the gravid female (18-22 mm); from Mexiconema cichlasomae Moravec, Vidal and Salgado Maldonado, 1992 also in less numerous (two) caudal processes and a different arrangement of genital papillae in the male. M. africanum is the first representative of the dracunculoid family Daniconematidae described from Africa.

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