Seven species of endemic freshwater fish, Aphanius anatoliae, Aphanius villwocki (Cyprinodontidae), Capoeta angorae, Capoeta erhani, Capoeta mauricii, Chondrostoma fahirae, and Pseudophoxinus fahrettini (Cyprinidae) from Turkey were examined for acanthocephalans. Acanthocephalus sp., Neoechinorhynchus zabensis, Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus, and Paralongicollum nurtenae n. sp. were found. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a suite of characters including the shape of the proboscis, which has an armature of 16–22 rows of 10–13 hooks, the posterior most circle of hooks alternating. All are new host and locality records. The geographic distributions of N. zabensis and P. spindletruncatus in Turkey may be due in part to changes in glacial river system connections that have occurred since the Pleistocene.
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1 January 2015
Acanthocephala From Seven Species of Freshwater Fish (Cyprinidae and Cyprinodontidae) From Turkey with the Description of a New Species of Paralongicollum (Pomphorhynchidae)
Lesley R. Smales,
Ali Aydogdu,
Yilmaz Emre
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 82 • No. 1
January 2015
Vol. 82 • No. 1
January 2015
Aphanius
Capoeta
Chondrostoma
Echinorhynchidae
freshwater fish
Neoechinorhynchidae
Paralongicollum