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Thaumatocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from Dasyatidae (Elasmobranchii) of the North American Atlantic coast: current issues resolved.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20950110     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The study of 4 dasyatid stingrays- Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815), D. americana Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928, D. say (Lesueur, 1817), and D. sabina (Lesueur, 1824)-from the northwestern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico showed the presence of monocotylid monogeneans Thaumatocotyle Scott, 1904 in their nasal fossae. Specimens collected from D. centroura from the northern Atlantic were identified as T. dasybatis (MacCallum, 1916). This confirmed the incorrect type host attribution of D. pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758), which does not occur in the geographic area where T. dasybatis was described. Monogeneans collected from D. americana and D. say in the western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico were identified as T. longicirrus Hargis, 1955 and T. retorta Hargis, 1955, respectively, which corresponds to the opposite hosts attributed for each parasite species compared with their original description in the Gulf of Mexico. The species T. roumillati de Buron and Euzet, 2005 described from D. sabina in the northwestern Atlantic is reported for the first time in D. sabina from the Gulf of Mexico. Results clarify confusion in the literature regarding the hosts and habitats of Thaumatocotyle from dasyatids of the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and support the oioxenous specificity of these monogeneans as well as their specificity for the nasal fossae of their hosts.
Authors:
Louis Euzet; Isaure de Buron
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-05-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of parasitology     Volume:  96     ISSN:  1937-2345     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Parasitol.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-18     Completed Date:  2010-11-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7803124     Medline TA:  J Parasitol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1010-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, 2 rue des Chantiers, Université Montpellier 2, Sète, 34200, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Atlantic Ocean
Fish Diseases / parasitology*
North America
Platyhelminths / anatomy & histology,  classification*
Skates (Fish) / parasitology*
Trematode Infections / parasitology,  veterinary*

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