In the course of the investigations into the fish parasites in the Tres Palos Lagoon in the State of Guerrero off the Pacific coast of Mexico, the following diplectanid species (Monogenoidea) from the gills of centropomids were found: Rhabdosynochus alterinstitus n. sp. from Centropomus nigrescens; Rhabdosynochus lituparvus n. sp., Rhabdosynochus volucris n. sp., and Rhabdosynochus siliquaus n. sp. from Centropomus robalito (Centropomidae). The apparent synapomorphic character supporting a sister relationship of these diplectanids is a single, sheathlike accessory piece comprising 3 distal branches of the male copulatory organ. The origin of the present diplectanid on centropomids is discussed, and it is suggested that this may be the result of allopatric speciation as a result of the uplift of the Panamanian Isthmus, thereby separating the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans during Pleistocene (3–5 million yr ago).
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February 01 2008
New Species of Rhabdosynochus Mizelle and Blatz 1941 (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae) from the Gills of Centropomid Fishes (Teleostei) Off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco;
Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Naos Island Laboratories, Apartado 0843-03092 Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama. oberon.men@gmail.com
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Juan Violante-González;
Juan Violante-González
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Naos Island Laboratories, Apartado 0843-03092 Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama. oberon.men@gmail.com
* Laboratory of Ecology, Unidad Académica de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Gran Vía Tropical No. 20, Fraccionamiento las Playas. C.P. 39390, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
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Víctor M. Vidal-Martínez
Víctor M. Vidal-Martínez
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Naos Island Laboratories, Apartado 0843-03092 Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama. oberon.men@gmail.com
† Laboratory of Parasitology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV, Unidad Mérida), Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km. 6, Apartado Postal 73 “Cordemex,” C.P. 97310 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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J Parasitol (2008) 94 (1): 28–35.
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Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, Juan Violante-González, Víctor M. Vidal-Martínez; New Species of Rhabdosynochus Mizelle and Blatz 1941 (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae) from the Gills of Centropomid Fishes (Teleostei) Off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. J Parasitol 1 February 2008; 94 (1): 28–35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1241.1
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