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Monocotyle luquei n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae), from the gills of diamond stingray Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the South Pacific

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Monocotyle luquei n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) was described from gills of diamond stingray Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (Dasyatidae) off Peru. The new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) accessory sclerites on the dorsal posterior surface of the body absent, (2) only one testis is present, (3) 1–2 loops in the copulatory organ, (4) the male copulatory organ with a sclerotized accessory piece, (5) shape of five sclerites in marginal papillae, (6) size of anchor and (7) posterolateral septa bifurcated. This is the first record of species of Monocotyle Taschenberg, 1878 from the southern Pacific.

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  1. Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática (FCNNM), Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV), El Agustino, Lima, Perú

    Jhon D. Chero, Celso L. Cruces, David Minaya & Gloria Sáez

  2. Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad Animal (LEBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática (FCNNM), Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV), El Agustino, Lima, Perú

    José Iannacone & Lorena Alvariño

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma (URP), Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú

    José Iannacone

  4. Departamento de Protozoología, Helmintología e Invertebrados afines, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

    Lidia Sanchez

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Chero, J.D., Cruces, C.L., Iannacone, J. et al. Monocotyle luquei n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae), from the gills of diamond stingray Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the South Pacific. Acta Parasit. 61, 713–719 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1515/ap-2016-0100

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