FIRST REDSCRIPTION AND A NEW HOST RECORD OF HYSTEROTHYLCIUM SEBAE BRUCE, 1990 FROM THE RED SEA FISH SCARUS PSITTACUS FROM EGYPT | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Article 22, Volume 48, Issue 3, December 2018, Page 655-660 PDF (452.02 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2018.76584 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
REFAAT M. A. KHALIFA1; HODA S. MOHAMADAIN2; YASSER F. M. KARAR2 | ||||
1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||||
2Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Qena, South Valley University, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Hysterothylacium sebae Bruce, 1990 (Nematodea: Raphidascadae) was collected from the small intestine of the marine fish Scarus psicattatus caught from Northern Red Sea, of Sharm El-Naga, Makady Bay, Sothern Hurgada, Red Sea Governorate. Out of eight examined fish, three (37.5%) were found naturally infected with H. sebae Bruce, 1990. The parasites (one adult male & eight females) were examined morphologically and morphometrically by light microscopy. According to the previouse literature, the present nematode parasite was never redescribed or reported from the marine fish Scarus psicattus. Therefore, Scarus psittacus is reported as a new host record for Hysterothylacium sebae Bruce, 1990 and re-described in details for the first time from Egypt. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Red Sea fishes; Nematoda; Raphidascadae; Hysterothylacium sebae; Scarus psittacus. New host record | ||||
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