TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanded description of Lamproglena cleopatra Humes, 1957 (Lernaeidae: Copepoda) from Labeo spp. (Cyprinidae) with a key to species of Lamproglena von Nordmann, 1832
AU - Kunutu, Katlego D.
AU - Tavakol, Sareh
AU - Halajian, Ali
AU - Baker, Chantelle
AU - Paoletti, Michela
AU - Heckmann, Richard A.
AU - Luus-Powell, Wilmien J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The occurrence of the copepod Lamproglena cleopatra Humes, 1957, parasitising freshwater fishes in the Limpopo River System is presented, along with new morphological data. This crustacean was originally described parasitising a cyprinid (Labeo forskalii Rüppell) from the River Nile, Egypt. During 2014–2015 crustacean samples were collected from the gills of three cyprinid fish species, Labeo rosae Steindachner from Flag Boshielo Dam, Labeo molybdinus Du Plessis from Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam in South Africa, and Labeo ruddi Boulenger from the River Bubye in Zimbabwe. The specimens from the present study were morphologically similar regardless of the host, but exhibited some morphometric intraspecific differences in comparison with the type-specimen from Egypt. A description of L. cleopatra copepodid III stage and a taxonomic key to Lamproglena spp. is provided.
AB - The occurrence of the copepod Lamproglena cleopatra Humes, 1957, parasitising freshwater fishes in the Limpopo River System is presented, along with new morphological data. This crustacean was originally described parasitising a cyprinid (Labeo forskalii Rüppell) from the River Nile, Egypt. During 2014–2015 crustacean samples were collected from the gills of three cyprinid fish species, Labeo rosae Steindachner from Flag Boshielo Dam, Labeo molybdinus Du Plessis from Nwanedi-Luphephe Dam in South Africa, and Labeo ruddi Boulenger from the River Bubye in Zimbabwe. The specimens from the present study were morphologically similar regardless of the host, but exhibited some morphometric intraspecific differences in comparison with the type-specimen from Egypt. A description of L. cleopatra copepodid III stage and a taxonomic key to Lamproglena spp. is provided.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11230-017-9762-0
DO - 10.1007/s11230-017-9762-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 29181688
AN - SCOPUS:85035100667
SN - 0165-5752
VL - 95
SP - 91
EP - 103
JO - Systematic Parasitology
JF - Systematic Parasitology
IS - 1
ER -