Biology:Paracolpenteron hubbsii

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Short description: Genus of worms


Paracolpenteron hubbsii
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Paracolpenteron
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P. hubbsii
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Paracolpenteron hubbsii
Mendoza-Franco, Caspeta-Mandujano and Ramírez-Martínez, 2018

Paracolpenteron hubbsii is a species of dactylogyrid Monogenean. It is the single species of the genus Paracolpenteron. It is a parasite of the urinary bladder of the maya needlefish Strongylura hubbsi (Belonidae).

According to Mendoza-Franco, Caspeta-Mandujano and Ramírez-Martínez, it differs from other dactylogyrid species without a haptoral anchor/bar complex infecting the urinary systems, gills and nasal cavities by the general morphology of hooks, a dextral vaginal opening, and details of the male copulatory organ.[1]

The species was found on fish collected in the Rio Lacantún basin in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q58805370 entry