Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Decacotyle cairae n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of Pastinachus sp. (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae) from the South China Sea off Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

  • Published:
Systematic Parasitology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Decacotyle cairae n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) is described from the gills of an unidentified species of Pastinachus collected in the South China Sea off Sematan and Mukah, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. D. cairae can be distinguished from the other six members of the genus by the presence of two simple unsclerotised accessory structures on the dorsal surface of the haptor in combination with a long, narrow, looping male copulatory organ. The host specimens of Pastinachus collected in Borneo also appear to be a new species and the monogenean data support this conclusion. A key to species of Decacotyle is given and their host-specificity is discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • L.A. Chisholm I.D. Whittington (1998) ArticleTitleRevision of the Decacotylinae Chisholm, Wheeler & Beverley Burton, 1995 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) including the synonymy of Papillicotyle Young, 1967 with Decacotyle Young, 1967 and a description of a new species from Australia Systematic Parasitology 41 9–20 Occurrence Handle10.1023/A:1006095219012

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • B.W. Cribb I.D. Whittington (2004) ArticleTitleAnterior adhesive areas and adjacent secretions in the parasitic flatworms Decacotyle lymmae and D. tetrakordyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of stingrays Invertebrate Biology 123 68–77

    Google Scholar 

  • Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. (1994) Sharks and rays of Australia. Australia: Publication of the CSIRO Division of Fisheries, 513 pp

  • A.D. Marie J.-L. Justine (2005) ArticleTitleMonocotylidae (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea) from Aetobatus cf. narinari off New Caledonia, with a description of Decacotyle elpora n. sp Systematic Parasitology 60 175–185 Occurrence Handle10.1007/s11230-004-6345-7 Occurrence Handle15864455

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • J.C. Roff R.R. Hopcroft (1986) ArticleTitleHigh precision microcomputer based measuring system for ecological research Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43 2044–2048

    Google Scholar 

  • T.A. Timofeeva (1983) ArticleTitle[New representatives of monocotylids (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from cartilaginous fishes of the South-China and Yellow Seas.] Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 121 25–47

    Google Scholar 

  • P.C. Young (1967) ArticleTitleA taxonomic revision of the subfamilies Monocotylinae Gamble, 1896 and Dendromonocotylinae Hargis, 1955 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae) Journal of Zoology, London 153 381–422

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Marine Parasitology Laboratory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

    Leslie A. Chisholm & Ian D. Whittington

  2. Monogenean Research Laboratory, Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia

    Ian D. Whittington

Authors
  1. Leslie A. Chisholm
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ian D. Whittington
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Leslie A. Chisholm.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Chisholm, L.A., Whittington, I.D. Decacotyle cairae n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of Pastinachus sp. (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae) from the South China Sea off Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Syst Parasitol 61, 79–84 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-005-3132-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-005-3132-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation