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Gyrodactylus gemini n. sp. (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) is described from the surface of the body and fins of the fish Semaprochilodus taeniurus (Steindachner) imported into Britain from the Venezuelan Amazon. The new species differs from other species of the genus, including those described from South and Central America, by having: (i) stout hamuli with straight shafts and diverging roots; (ii) marginal hooks with the sickle length larger than the width; (iii) a dorsal bar without a medial constriction; (iv) a rectangular ventral bar with short processes; (v) a triangular ventral bar membrane; and, most obviously, (vi) at least two generations which can develop two embryos simultaneously. This is the first known species of the genus Gyrodactylus from the Venezuelan Amazon and the first record of the subgenus Gyrodactylus (Gyrodactylus) from South America.
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Ferraz, E., Shinn, A.P. & Sommerville, C. Gyrodactylus gemini n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), a parasite of Semaprochilodus taeniurus (Steindachner) from the Venezuelan Amazon. Syst Parasitol 29, 217–222 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009676
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