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Corresponding author: Scott Monks ( monks.scott@gmail.com ) Corresponding author: Elane Guerreiro Giese ( elane.giese@ufra.edu.br ) Academic editor: Yasen Mutafchiev
© 2018 Raul Henrique da Silva Pinheiro, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos Melo, Scott Monks, Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos, Elane Guerreiro Giese.
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Pinheiro RHS, Melo FTV, Monks S, Santos JN, Giese EG (2018) A new species of Procamallanus Baylis, 1923 (Nematoda, Camallanidae) from Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) (Perciformes, Cichlidae) in Brazil. ZooKeys 790: 21-33. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.790.24745
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A new species of Procamallanus Baylis, 1923 was found as a parasite of the fish Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) from a lake in the Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves, Belém, Brazil. Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n. has a smooth buccal capsule and a well-developed basal ring that is armed with four sclerotized tooth-like structures. The male of the new species is similar to the two species that are known from Brazilian fish, P. peraccuratus Pinto, Fábio, Noronha & Rolas, 1976, and P. annipetterae Kohn & Fernandes, 1988, by the absence of the gubernaculum. It differs from these two by the morphology of the buccal capsule, the number are arrangement of the caudal papillae in males, the size and morphology of the spicules and the shape of the tail of both sexes. Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n. is the third species discovered in fish from Brazil. This finding extends the geographical distribution of the genus into the Brazilian Amazon.
Amazon, fish, helminth, nematode
The genus Astronotus is comprised of two species, A. crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840) and A. ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) (Perciformes: Cichlidae) (
Nematodes of the genus Procamallanus Baylis, 1923 (Camallanida, Procamallaninae) are predominately parasites of freshwater fish that are distributed over several zoogeographical regions (
Forty specimens of A. ocellatus were collected from Iara Lake, at the Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves (1°25'49"S, 48°27'22"W), located in an urban area of the city of Belém, state of Pará, eastern Brazilian Amazon. Fish were collected during March to July 2015 with the aid of a casting net. Fish were transported alive to the Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia “Profa. Dra. Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi”, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará-UFPA, for necropsy. Nematodes were collected, washed in phosphate-buffered saline, fixed in AFA solution (93 parts 70% ethanol, 5 parts formalin, and 2 parts glacial acetic acid) (
Type specimens. Holotype male (
Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz) (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Average length = 24.7±2.6 cm; average weight = 331.8±96.3 g.
Iará Lake, Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves (1°25'49"S, 48°27'22"W), Belém, Pará, Amazon Biome, Brazil.
Mid-intestine.
Prevalence 55% (22 infected, 40 examined); Mean intensity = 14.8; Mean abundance = 8.5; Range = 1–59.
The species name refers to the unique morphology of the spicules, which membranous alae that are supported by rays, giving them a striated appearance.
[Based on 10 males, 11 females, 20 eggs (from allotype female), and 20 intrauterine larvae (from allotype female)] Medium-sized nematodes, red while alive and white after fixation. Cuticle with fine transverse striations. Oral opening circular, surrounded by three concentric circles with four papillae each, inner circle with six small pores at base proximal to oral opening, pair of small lateral amphids present (Figure
Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n., line drawings a adult male, anterior part of the body, lateral view b buccal capsule, lateral view c vulvar opening and vagina d tail of a female worm, lateral view e posterior end of a male worm and phasmids (arrowheads), ventral view f spicules, ventral view g distal part of spicules, ventral view h distal end of spicules, lateral view i larvae. Scale bars: 150 µm (a); 40 µm (b); 100 µm (c, d); 20 µm (e); f, 50 µm; 50 µm (g, h, i).
Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n., female, scanning electron microscopy. a oral opening, frontal view, three circles of cephalic papillae (a, b, c), amphid (am, arrowhead), pore-like structures (arrows) b oral opening, view of buccal capsule, two teeth are visible at the base of the basal ring (arrows) c deirid d excretory pore. Scale bars: 10 µm (a, b); 2 µm (c); 5 µm (d).
Males (based on holotype and 9 paratypes): body 8–11 (9) mm long; maximum width at esophageal/intestinal junction 105–147 (130). Buccal capsule including basal ring 57–74 (65) long and 32–39 (36) wide, basal ring 5–8 (6.5) long, 22–29 (26) wide. Maximum length/width ratio of buccal capsule 1:0.55. Deirids, nerve-ring and excretory pore at 91–119 (104), 156–188 (171) and 248–292 (263), respectively, from anterior extremity. Muscular portion of esophagus 316–395 (353) long and 42–53 (48) wide; glandular portion of esophagus 421–558 (470) long and 42–63 (51) wide. Muscular/glandular esophagus length ratio 1:1.3. Length of entire esophagus and buccal capsule 9–12% of body length. Posterior end of body ventrally curved, provided with wide caudal alae bearing six pairs of pedunculated papillae: three precloacal pairs and three postcloacal pairs (Figs
Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n., scanning electron microscopy. a tail of a male worm, ventral view, three preanal pairs (arrows) and three postanal pairs (arrows), four adcloacal papillae (arrowheads) and a lateral phasmid (*) are visible b tail of a male worm, lateral view with the spicule partially extroverted, and two pairs of sessile papillae are located along lateral margin (arrowhead); inset c detail of the tip of a spicule d tail of a female worm, ventral view, anus (an). Scale bars: 25 μm (a); 50 μm (b); 5 μm (c); 50 μm (d).
Females with larvae (based on 4 specimens): body 17–20 mm (18 mm) long; maximum width at esophageal/intestinal junction 160–173 (167). Buccal capsule including basal ring 78–83 (81) long and 47–52 (50) wide, basal ring 12–13 (12) long, 32–43 (36) wide. Maximum length/width ratio of buccal capsule 1:0.62. Deirids, nerve-ring, and excretory pore at 147–167 (156), 220–233 (225), and 330–397 (371), respectively, from the anterior extremity (Figure
Females with eggs (based on 7 specimens): body 11–13 mm (12 mm) long; maximum width at esophageal/intestinal junction 100–133 (124). Buccal capsule including basal ring 80–87 (82) long and 50–60 (53) wide, basal ring 10–12 (10) long, 33–38 (35) wide. Maximum length/width ratio of buccal capsule 1:0.64. Deirids, nerve-ring, and excretory pore at 127–163 (144), 183–227 (208), and 283–357 (308), respectively, from the anterior extremity. Muscular portion of esophagus 387–460 (427) long and 47–60 (52) wide; glandular portion of esophagus 447–527 (489) long and 60–67 (61) wide. Muscular/glandular esophagus length ratio 1:1.5. Length of entire esophagus and buccal capsule representing 8–9% of body length. Vulva situated at 6–7 mm (6 mm) from anterior end, at 52% of body length; vulval lips not elevated. Muscular vagina directed posteriorly; uterus filled with eggs 28–32 (29) long by 25–30 (26) wide. Tail conical, 140–180 (166) long, without cuticular projections.
The family Camallanidae was established for species with a prominent, sclerotized buccal capsule (
The new species can be distinguished from all known members of the genus outside of Brazil in having tooth-like structures on the basal ring of the buccal capsule. In addition to the above characteristic, it differs from P. annulatus Yamaguti, 1955 (Indonesia), P. elatensis Fusco & Overstreet, 1979 (Israel), P. laeviconchus Wedl, 1861 (Egypt), P. planoratus Kulkarni, 1935 (India) and P. pseudolaeviconchus Moravec & Van As, 2015 (Botswana) by the absence of a sclerotized gubernaculum, present in the other five species (
Two species of Procamallanus have been found in Brazil: P. peraccuratus Pinto, Fábio, Noronha & Rolas, 1976, from Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard) and Australoheros facetus (Jenyns) (both Cichlidae) in the State of Espirito Santo (Southern Region of Brazil) and P. annipetterae Kohn & Fernandes, 1988 (= P. petterae Kohn & Fernandes, 1988), from Corydoras paleatus (Jenyns) in the Iguaçu River, State of Paraná (south of Brazil) (
Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n. has tooth-like structures on the basal ring of the buccal capsule similar to these in P. annipetterae although the new species has four distinct tooth-like structures, whereas these are six in P. annipetterae as described by
Procamallanus spiculastriatus sp. n. resembles P. peraccuratus in the morphology of the buccal capsule, oral opening circular and presence of caudal alae of males, but differs by the presence of four internal sclerotized tooth-like structures on the basal ring, the presence of two postcloacal dorsal papillae, and the presence of spicules with alate distal end supported by sclerotized rays of P. spiculastriatus and those characters are absent in P. peraccuratus (
Comparison of morphometric characteristics of the known South American species of Procamallanus with those of Procamallanus spiculastriatus n. sp. Except as noted for individual characteristics, all data for P. peraccuratus, and P. annipetterae were taken from the original descriptions.
Caracteres | Procamallanus spiculastriatus n. sp. | P. peraccuratus | P. annipetterae | |||||
Holotype | Allotype | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Length (mm) | 10.76 | 17 | 8–11 | 17–20 | 9.42–9.75 | 12.78–22.34 | 9.69 | 21.8 |
Width | 147.36 | 166 | 105–147 | 160–173 | 150–170 | 210–400 | 500 | 720 |
Buccal capsule (L)a | 64.93 | 80 | 57–74 | 78–83 | 72–87 | 87–113 | 131 | 180 |
Buccal capsule (W) | 38.96 | 51 | 32–39 | 47–52 | 49 | 52–66 | 123 | 187 |
Mouth opening | Circular | Circular | Circular | – | ||||
Teeth | Present | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
Deirids | 107.79 | 150 | 91–119 | 147–167 | – | – | – | – |
Nerve ring | 168.83 | 226.66 | 156–188 | 220–233 | 220 | 230–240 | 298 | 326 |
Excretory pore | 280.51 | 330 | 248–292 | 330–397 | – | 260–330 | – | – |
Muscular esophagus (L) | 352.63 | 420 | 316–395 | 413–453 | 410–440 | 560–660 | 625 | 644 |
Glandular esophagus (L) | 557.89 | 600 | 421–558 | 600–693 | 450–520 | 580–660 | 868 | 887 |
Ratio L/Oc and esophagus | 9% | 6.5% | 9–12% | 6–7% | 10.32%b | 7.57%b | 16.76%b | 7.8%b |
Vulva (mm) | – | 8 | – | 8–11 | – | 6.7–10.90 | – | – |
Preanal papillae (pairs) | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – |
Additional papillae (pairs) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
Postanal papillae (pairs) | 3 + 2DLa | – | 3 + 2DLa | – | 4 | – | 1 | – |
Spicule large | 342.17 | – | 312–355 | – | 270-290 | – | 210 | – |
Spicule small | 230.8 | – | 229–284 | – | 180–200 | – | 160 | – |
Caudal alae | Present | – | Present | – | Present | – | Absent | – |
Tail | 166.23 | 190 | 156–205 | 190–220 | 140 | 220–310 | 336 | 281 |
Host | Astronotus ocellatus | Geophagus brasiliensis and Australoheros facetus | Corydoras paleatus | |||||
Site | Intestine | Intestine | Intestine | |||||
Locality | Belém, Pará, Brazil | Vale do Rio Itaúnas, Espírito Santo, Brazil | Rio Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil | |||||
Biome | Amazonia | Atlantic Forest | Atlantic Forest | |||||
Author | In this study |
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The six genera currently assigned to Procamallaninae were reduced to subgenera of Procamallanus by
The authors are grateful to Dr. Marcelo Knoff, curator of the Helminthological collection of the Oswaldo Cruz for loan of specimens; Patrick Cardoso, Andréa Abreu and Yago Larrat for technical support; the Laboratório de Histologia e Embriologia Animal – Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal – Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia – UFRA, campus Belém, state of Pará, Brazil for the use of the scanning electron microscope; the managers of the Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves (Rodrigues Alves Botanical Garden) for encouragement and technical support for the collection of specimens of A. ocellatus. This study is part of the Ph.D. thesis of Raul Henrique da Silva Pinheiro, developed for the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Agentes Infecciosos e Parasitários (Graduate Program in Biology of Infectious Agents and Parasites), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (Biological Sciences Institute), Universidade Federal do Pará-UFPA. Part of this research was carried out by Raul Henrique da Silva Pinheiro during a visit to the Laboratorio de Morfología Animal, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México.