Pseudopterinotrema albulae Yamaguti, 1966

Vidal-Martinez, Victor Manuel, Soler-Jimenez, Lilia Catherinne, Aguirre-Macedo, Ma. Leopoldina, Mclaughlin, John, Jaramillo, Alejandra G., Shaw 2, Jenny C., James, Anna, Hechinger, Ryan F., Kuris, Armand M. & Lafferty, Kevin D., 2017, Monogenea of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll in the Central Pacific, ZooKeys 713, pp. 1-23 : 12

Pseudopterinotrema albulae Yamaguti, 1966

Type host.

Albula vulpes Linnaeus ( Albulidae ).

Other host and localities.

Yamaguti (1966) recorded P. albulae from A. vulpes off Hawai’i. It has also been found on the same host by Palm and Bray (2014) off Hawai’i.

Current host.

Albula glossodonta ( Forsskål) ( Albulidae ) (New host).

Site infection.

Gills.

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 535 (paratypes) (1 slide, 1 specimen), USNM No. 1459853 (voucher) (1 slide, 1 specimen).

Prevalence and mean intensity.

70,8 and 17 ± 18 (n=24).

Remarks.

Pseudopterinotrema albulae presents an asymmetrical, fan-shaped haptor on a posterior extension of the body proper, with nine pedunculate clamps. The clamps have very distinct features (see Yamaguti, 1968 for a detailed description of each clamp). MCO plug-shaped, with two unequal sclerotised filaments at base; genital pore ventromedial. The presence of P. albulae from A. glossodonta off Palmyra Atoll represents both a new host and a new geographical record.