Aporocotyle mariachristinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Schistosomatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Trematoda Subclassis: Digenea Ordo: Diplostomida Subordo: Diplostomata Superfamilia: Schistosomatoidea

Familia: Aporocotylidae
Genus: Aporocotyle
Species: Aporocotyle mariachristinae

Name

• Aporocotyle mariachristinae Hernández-Orts, Alama-Bermejo, Carrillo, García, Crespo, Raga & Montero, 2012: figs. 1–6, 11

Holotype: NHM Paris HEL255.

Type locality: North Patagonia (42° 45’ S – 42° 59’ S, 61° 09’ W – 62° 58’ W); and central Patagonia (42° 2’ S – 47° 19’ S, 61° 59’ W – 64° 25’ W), Argentina. (Type host: pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes (Forster, 1801) (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae). Host size: total length, 30.6-92.4 cm.).

Etymology: The species is named in memory of María Cristina Orts Pino, mother of the first author.

References

• Hernández-Orts, J. S., G. Alama-Bermejo, J. M. Carrillo, N. A. García, E. A. Crespo, J. A. Raga & F. E. Montero, 2012: Aporocotyle mariachristinae n. sp., and A. ymakara Villalba & Fernández, 1986 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) of the pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from Patagonia, Argentina. Parasite, 19: 319–330. DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2012194319.