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Gussevia asota Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger 1989

  • 1. Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow- 226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India & tripathi _ amit @ lkouniv. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2751 - 4437
  • 2. Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow- 226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India & chawanmatey 19 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7488 - 1520

Description

Gussevia asota Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1989

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 Delhi (28.6139° N, 77.2090° E), and Kolkata (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).

DNA sequences deposited: GenBank: 28S, ON614225

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 52-64 in Zootaxa 5231 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7571538

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Material sample ID
USNM 1679191-94
Scientific name authorship
Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Dactylogyridea
Family
Ancyrocephalidae
Genus
Gussevia
Species
asota
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gussevia asota Kritsky, 1989 sec. Tripathi & Matey, 2023

References

  • Kritsky, D. C., Thatcher, V. E. & Boeger, W. A. (1989) Neotropical Monogenea. 15. dactylogyrids from the gills of Brazilian Cichlidae with proposal of Sciadicleithrum gen. n. (Dactylogyridae). Proceedings of Helminthological Society of Washington, 56, 128 - 140.