A New Species of Sprentascaris (Nematoda: Raphidascarididae) in Hypostomus commersoni (Pisces: Loricariidae) from Argentina.

Geraldine Ramallo Silvina B Chemes Patricia Amavet Liliana M Rossi

Published in: Acta parasitologica (2022)

Sprentascaris pampayensis n. sp. differs morphologically and genetically from S. manherti Petter and Cassone, 1984, S. lanfrediae Melo, Santos, Giese, Santos and Santos, 2011 and S. andersoni Malta, Paiva, Elisei, Tavares and Pereira, 2018. Morphological and morphometric comparison also distinguishes it from S. pimelodi Petter and Cassone, 1984, S. hypostomi Petter and Cassone, 1984, S. marano Ramallo, 2009, and S. saltaensis Ailán-Choke, Ramallo and Davies, 2017. Sprentascaris pampayensis n. sp. is a new parasitic nematode of Hypostomus commersoni.

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