Gussevia asota Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1989

Tripathi, Amit & Matey, Chawan, 2023, Monogenea on exotic Indian freshwater fish. 5. First report of pathogenic Gussevia asota (Platyhelminths) from Oscar Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz 1831) (Perciformes: Cichlidae), Zootaxa 5231 (1), pp. 52-64 : 53-54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.1.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF52FC9F-51D1-4A8B-BB8D-8AB18F2E1197
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7571540
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scientific name	Gussevia asota Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1989
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Gussevia asota Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1989 View in CoL View at ENA

Type host and locality: Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz 1831) ( Perciformes : Cichlidae ); Janauac Lake, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil and an aquarium in Pocatello, Idaho, United States.

Present host and locality: Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz 1831) ( Perciformes : Cichlidae ); Aquarium shops in Lucknow (26.8467° N, 80.9462° E), New GoogleMaps Delhi (28.6139° N, 77.2090° E), and Kolkata GoogleMaps (22.5726° N, 88.3639° E); July 2020 to October 2021.

Site of infection: Gills

Infection parameters: Prevalence: 100% (12 out of 12 A. ocellatus examined); Intensity: 30.16 ± 9.70 (18-48, n=12).

Vouchers deposited: 4 specimens stained with Horen’s and Gomori’s trichrome and mounted on glass slides in DPX (Smithsonian Institution; USNM 1679191-94 View Materials ) .

DNA sequences deposited: GenBank: 28S, ON614225 View Materials