Especie Nueva de Pterinotrema (Monogenea. Pterinotrematidae) parásito de Albula nemoptera (Osteichthyes: Albulidae) de la Bahía de Chamela, Jalisco

Abstract

IN THIS STUDY A NEW SPECIES OF MONOGENEAN PARASITINZING MACAVI, ALBULA NEMOPTERA FROM CHAMELA BAY, JALISCO, MEXICO IS DESCRIBED. THE NEW SPECIES DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER CONGENERIC SPECIES IN THE NUMBER AND SHAPE OF SCLEOTIZED ACCESSORY FILAMENTS OF THE COPULATORY ORGAN, AS WELL AS THE PRECENCE OF A CIRRUS. THE NEW SPECIES IS MOST SIMILAR TO PTERINOTREMA MACROSTOMON. CABALLERO, BRAVO & GROCOTT, 1954 DESCRIBED FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF PANAMA AND MEXICAN CARIBBEAN SEA.