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Anantrum gallopintoi sp. nov. (Bothriocephalidae Blanchard, 1849), a cestode parasite of the shorthead lizardfish Synodus scituliceps (Synodontidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

M. Santoro Open the ORCID record for M. Santoro [Opens in a new window] ,
A. López-Verdejo ,
F. Occhibove ,
A. Angulo ,
A. Rojas ,
J. Cortés  and
A. Solano-Barquero
M. Santoro*
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale 1, 80121 Naples, Italy
A. López-Verdejo
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale 1, 80121 Naples, Italy Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, C/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
F. Occhibove
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale 1, 80121 Naples, Italy
A. Angulo
Affiliation:
Escuela de Biología; Museo de Zoología, Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica , 11501–2060 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
A. Rojas
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, 11501-2060 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
J. Cortés
Affiliation:
Escuela de Biología; Museo de Zoología, Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica , 11501–2060 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
A. Solano-Barquero
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, 11501-2060 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
*
Corresponding author: M. Santoro; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new species of bothriocephalid cestode in the genus Anantrum is described from the intestine of the shorthead lizardfish Synodus scituliceps from the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The new species is described based on an integrative taxonomic approach that includes the use of light and scanning electron microscopy, 28S rDNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Anantrum gallopintoi sp. nov. is the third known member of this genus and can be distinguished from A. tortum (Linton, 1905) and A. histocephalum Jensen & Heckmann, 1977 by a combination of morphological and ecological traits and, in particular, by having a vaginal sphincter, different number of testes, and different type host and type locality. The molecular analysis and the phylogenetic reconstructions supported its status as a new taxon placing it within a well-supported separate branch of Anantrum spp. subclade. According to the present finding, S. scituliceps represents a new host record and Costa Rica a new geographical record for Anantrum species, and, in general, for a bothriocephalid cestode.

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New speciestapeworm28S rDNAscanning electron microscopyfish parasitesphylogeny
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 98 , 2024 , e68
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