Choricotyle sp. 3

Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F., Tun, Mariela del Carmen Rosado, Anchevida, Allan de Jesus Duarte & Rodriguez, Rodolfo E. del Rio, 2018, Morphological and molecular (28 S rRNA) data of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) infecting the gill lamellae of marine fishes in the Campeche Bank, southwest Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 783, pp. 125-161 : 125

Choricotyle sp. 3 Figure 7E

Present study.

Haemulon plumieri (new host)

Measurements (based on one immature specimen).

Body, 620 long, 200 width. Opisthaptor with eight narrow peduncles. Clamps 196 (157-225; 3) long, 184 (200-287; 4) wide. Buccal organ, each 36-38 long. Vas deferens, Ootype and Mehli´s gland, seminal receptacle, genito-intestinal canal, oviduct and total number of testes not observed.

Comments.

Haemulon plumieri was revealed to be simultaneously infected with Choricotyle sp. 1, Choricotyle sp. 2 and Choricotyle sp. 3. Because all worms could not be identified, the data on infection rate in Choricotyle sp. 1 relate to other two species, Choricotyle sp. 2 and Choricotyle sp. 3. A single specimen of this latter species collected from H. plumieri was immature (less than one mm in total length). Reproductive organs were minimally or undeveloped to determine the specific assignment precluding resolution of the specimen as new or previously described. However, assignment of the current specimen to Choricotyle is based on the morphological similarity of its haptoral sclerites to those of species of Choricotyle described above on H. plumieri .

Specimen deposited.

One reference specimen, CNHE (10620).