Description of Afrogyrodactylus ardae sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Characiformes: Alestidae) in the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal
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Prikrylova, I.
Smit, N.J.
Gelnar, M.
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De Gruyter
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The monogenean,
Afrogyrodactylus ardae
sp. n., is described from the African tetra,
Rhadbalestes
septentrionalis
(Characiformes: Alestidae), collected from the Niokolo Koba and Gambie Rivers in
the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal during 2008. The newly described species can be differ-
entiated from three known species of the genus based on the dimensions of its opisthaptoral hard
parts, having the smallest ones, and based on the shape of the marginal hooks sickle. The present
fi
nding represents a new host record for the genus
Afrogyrodactylus
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Prikrylova, I. et al. 2017. Description of Afrogyrodactylus ardae sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Characiformes: Alestidae) in the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal. Helminthologia, 54(4):330-335. [https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0045]