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Integrative taxonomy of Urocleidoides spp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasites of characiform and gymnotiform fishes from the coastal drainages of the Eastern Amazon, Brazil

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J.F. Santos Neto Open the ORCID record for J.F. Santos Neto [Opens in a new window]  and
M.V. Domingues Open the ORCID record for M.V. Domingues [Opens in a new window]
J.F. Santos Neto
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Laboratório de Sistemática e Coevolução, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Universitário de Bragança, Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Travessa Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600–000, Bragança, Pará, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Pará.
M.V. Domingues*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Sistemática e Coevolução, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Universitário de Bragança, Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Travessa Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600–000, Bragança, Pará, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Pará.
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Corresponding author: M.V. Domingues; Email: mvdomingues@ufpa.br
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Abstract

Eight species (four new) of Urocleidoides are reported from Characiformes and Gymnotiformes fishes of the coastal drainages of the Eastern Amazon. Urocleidoides vanini n. sp. is characterized by having a male copulatory organ (MCO) with three and a half counterclockwise rings, absence of vaginal sclerite, and a V-shaped ventral bar. Urocleidoides atilaiamarinoi n. sp. has MCO with two and a half counterclockwise rings, dumbbell-shaped accessory piece, similar anchors, open V-shaped ventral bar, and open U-shaped dorsal bar. Urocleidoides macrosoma n. sp. exhibits an elongate and robust body, MCO comprising one counterclockwise ring, similar anchors with wavy point, and dumbbell-shaped ventral and dorsal bars. Urocleidoides nataliapasternakae n. sp. has MCO comprising two and a half counterclockwise rings, vaginal canal convoluted, point of the dorsal anchor with ornamentation as sclerotized shredded filaments, elongate dumbbell-shaped ventral bar, and U-shaped dorsal bar. Urocleidoides naris and Urocleidoides brasiliensis from H. malabaricus (Characiformes) and the incertae sedis species, Urocleidoides gymnotus and Urocleidoides carapus, from Sternopygus macrurus (Gymnotiformes) are reported, and their molecular sequences are presented in this study. Phylogenetic analyses based on molecular data (28S rDNA and COI mtDNA) reveal that species of Urocleidoides lacking vaginal sclerite are closely related to species that possess vaginal sclerite, suggesting that the absence of vaginal sclerite in Urocleidoides may be the result of a secondary loss. The relationships between species of Urocleidoides and other Neotropical dactylogyrids are also addressed.

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parasitesErythrinidaeHypopomidaeCOI mtDNA28S rDNA

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 97 , 2023 , e64
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