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Spinomatrix Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques 2006

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Spinomatrix Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006

Diagnosis: The genus is monotypic. Tegument smooth. Genital pore opening posterior to male copulatory organ (MCO). Genital atrium muscular. Vas deferens looping left intestinal caecum. MCO tubular, composed of 2 nested tubes; external tube twisted. Accessory piece absent. Prostatic reservoir simple. Accessory copulatory organ absent. Vaginal atrium muscular. Squamodiscs present, ventral, dorsal; anterior rows of rodlets with open rings. Accessory spines associated with the posterior region of the haptor. Peduncular spines [52]. Superficial root of ventral anchor reduced. Parasites of freshwater perciform fishes (Sciaenidae).

Type species: Spinomatrix penteormos Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006 from Pachyurus adspersus Steindachner.

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Published as part of Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1698 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180750

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References

  • Boeger, W. A., Fehlauer, K. H. & Marques, E. E. (2006) Neotropical Monogenoidea. 49. Four new species of the Diplectanidae (Dactylogyrinea) from the gills of some pachyurines (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) from the Rio Tocantins and Rio Doce Basins, with the proposal of Anoplectanum n. g. and Spinomatrix n. g. Systematic Parasitology, 64, 57 - 68.