SPECIES OF GORGODERINA (DIGENEA: GORGODERIDAE) IN RANA VAILLANTI AND RANA CF. FORRERI (ANURA: RANIDAE) FROM GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES | Zendy

Rosario Mata-López | Zendy; Virginia LeónRégàg | Zendy; Daniel R. Brooks | Zendy

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SPECIES OF GORGODERINA (DIGENEA: GORGODERIDAE) IN RANA VAILLANTI AND RANA CF. FORRERI (ANURA: RANIDAE) FROM GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

Author(s) -

Rosario Mata-López,

Virginia LeónRégàg,

Daniel R. Brooks

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1937-2345

pISSN - 0022-3395

DOI - 10.1645/ge-314r1

Subject(s) - digenea , biology , sucker , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , species complex , genus , salientia , trematoda , ecology , helminths , phylogenetic tree , xenopus , biochemistry , gene

Gorgoderina parvicava, G. diaster, and G. megacetabularis n. sp. are reported inhabiting the urinary bladders of Rana vaillanti and R. cf. forreri from northwestern Costa Rica. Gorgoderina megacetabularis n. sp. differs from all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: small body size (2.78-3.17, mean 2.92 mm), sucker ratio (1:3.1-3.7), and by the presence of 2 compact, oval, unlobed vitelline masses. Redescription of G. diaster including previously undescribed details on the reproductive apparatus and morphometric data is provided. This is the first record of the 3 species of Gorgoderina in Costa Rica and is the first record of G. diaster in R. vaillanti and R. cf. forreri.

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