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New and previously described species of Ameloblastella (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Hypophthalmus marginatus and Pimelodina flavipinnis (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Tocantins River, Maranhão State, Brazil

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A new and two previously described species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 were found in the gills of two pimelodid catfishes from the Tocantins River, Maranhão State, Brazil: Ameloblastella prima n. sp. from Pimelodina flavipinnis Steindachner, and A. edentensis Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 and A. peruensis Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 from Hypophthalmus marginatus Valenciennes. The new species differs from its congeners by having an accessory piece tubular, covered by a delicate membranous cap at 2/3 of the length, by the shape of the ventral and dorsal anchors, in which the ventral anchor is represented by a curved shaft in a position of 80° degrees, with delicate ornamentations located at the superficial and deep root areas, and the dorsal anchor with a long, well-developed and convex superficial root and short deep root, also presenting delicate ornamentations at the superficial and deep root areas. The present study provides new biogeographical data on the two previously described species of Ameloblastella and improves the knowledge on the species of Monogenoidea from the Neotropical Region, increasing to 14 the number of known species of Ameloblastella for this region.

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The authors are grateful to Dr. Tomas Scholz and Dr. Carlos A. Mendoza-Palmero from IPCAS, for providing micrographs of the two species of Ameloblastella to compare with the specimens found in this survey. The authors also gratefully acknowledged the anonymous reviewers who made important suggestions to improve the quality of the manuscript.

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The present study was financially supported by “Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)” and “Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento do Maranhão (FAPEMA)”.

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    Yuri Costa de Meneses, Marcia Cristina Nascimento Justo & Simone Chinicz Cohen

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D.C.V. collected the fish, sent vials containing the gills, and contributed to the conception of the project. Y.C.M. collected, processed, and identified the parasites, described the species, and illustrated the figures. Y.C.M., M.C.N.J., and S.C.C. analyzed data, contributed to the conception, described the species, wrote and designed the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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de Meneses, Y.C., Justo, M.C.N., Viana, D.C. et al. New and previously described species of Ameloblastella (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Hypophthalmus marginatus and Pimelodina flavipinnis (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Tocantins River, Maranhão State, Brazil. Syst Parasitol 101, 7 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10125-0

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