Una nueva especie de Monogenea (Dactylogyridae: Calceostomotinae) parásito de Arius herzbergii (Piscis Aridae) de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela

Abstract

A NEW SPECIES OF MONOGENEA IS DESCRIBED, CALCEOSTOMELLA HERZBERGII, FOUND IN THE GILL ARCS OF ARIUS HERZBERGII (ARIDAE), CAPTURED AT THE RESTINGA LAGOON, MARGARITA ISLAND, NUEVA ESPARTA, VENEZUALA. IT DIFFERS FROM C. INERMIS, ONLY REPRESENTATIVE OF CALCEOSTOMELLA, IN THE ABSENCE OF DIVERTICULA AND INTESTINAL ANASTOMOSIS, ABSENCE OF POUCH IN THE COPULATORY ORGAN, ABSNECE OF MARGINAL VEIL IN THE OPISTOHAPTOR AND PRESENCE IN THE NEW SPECIES OF AN ACCESORY PIECE.