A new species of Probursata Bravo-Hollis, 1984 (Mogenea: Heteraxinidae: Heteraxininae) parasite of Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
• Main Authors: Ricardo M. Takemoto, J. F. R. Amato, José Luis Luque
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1993
• Subjects: Monogenea; Probusata brasiliensis n. sp; Carangidae; Oligoplites; Brasil; Microbiology; QR1-502; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761993000200017; https://doaj.org/article/d0ae6b4398b94b31a4dc05c8228b53c6

Probursata brasiliensis n. sp., a gill filament parasite of carangid fishes, O. palometa (Cuvier), Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider), and O. saliens (Bloch), from the Brazilian coast, is described and illustrated. The new species differs from Probursata veraecrucis Bravo-Hollis, 1984, the type and only species of this genus by the presence of spines in the auricular expansions of the genital atrium, by the trifurcate supplementary process of the clamp's midsclerite, and by having a larger number of tests and clamps. This is the first record of the genus Probursata Bravo-Hollis, 1984, in the South Atlantic Ocean.