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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Redescription of proteocephalus glanduligerus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of clariid catfishes in Africa with a unique glandular apical organ
Journal of Parasitology, Volume 95, No. 2, Year 2009
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Description
The tapeworm Proteocephalus glanduligerus (Janicki, 1928) Fuhrmann, 1933 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of clariid catfishes (Clarias spp.) in Africa, is redescribed on the basis of an evaluation of voucher material and newly collected specimens from Clarias gariepinus and C. cf. anguillaris from the Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa. The most typical characteristic of P. glanduligerus (previously misspelled as P. glanduligera or P. glanduliger) is the presence of an extremely large glandular apical organ, the size of which is 1.6-3.5 times larger than that of the suckers. In addition, other morphological characteristics unreported in previous accounts are provided, such as an unusual position of osmoregulatory canals (situated close to each other, with the dorsal canal latero-ventral to testes), the presence of a vaginal sphincter, several (usually 35) uterine pores, and eggs with paired lateral auricular swellings (extensions) of the outer envelope. © 2009 American Society of Parasitologists.
Authors & Co-Authors
Scholz, Tomáš Š.
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
de Chambrier, Alain
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Switzerland, Geneva
Natural History Museum of Geneva
Beletew, Moges
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Mahmoud, Zuheir Nor Eldaym
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Sudan, Khartoum
Khartoum University
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1645/GE-1715.1
ISSN:
00223395
Study Locations
Ethiopia
South Africa
Sudan