Redescription of Rhabdochona anguillae (Nematoda : Rhabdochonidae), a parasite of eel, Anguilla anguilla, in Europe

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1998

Authors

Saraiva, Aurélia M. (Author) FCUP; MoravÌŒec, FrantiÅ¡ek (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Folia Parasitologica

Vol. 45

Pages: 233-238

ISSN: 0015-5683

Publisher: Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky

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Authenticus ID: P-001-94J

Abstract (EN): The nematode Rhabdochona anguillae Spaul, 1927, a specific intestinal parasite of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), is redescribed and illustrated from specimens collected from eels of the Sousa River, northern Portugal (prevalence 20%, intensity 2-13). The species is characterized by the presence of 14 anterior teeth in the prostom, small non-bifurcate deirids, absence of lateral preanal papillae, by the length (0.460-0.660 and 0.130-0.150 mm) and the shape of spicules, fairly large (0.041-0.054 x 0.025-0.030 mm) mature eggs without filaments, and by the bluntly pointed to rounded tip of the tail. Its morphological features are discussed in relation to other congeneric species. This nematode has hitherto been recorded only from eels in southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6