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ArticleActa parasitologica2024

Quadriacanthus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from Catfishes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Description of a New Species from Heterobranchus longifilis (Teleostei, Clariidae).

Archimède Mushagalusa Mulega, Imane Rahmouni, Nikol Kmentová, Gyrhaiss Kapepula Kasembele, Pascal Mulungula Masilya, Abdelaziz Benhoussa, Maarten Van Steenberge, Maarten P M Vanhove

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  1. New Records and Descriptions of Three New Species ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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Archimède Mushagalusa MulegaLaboratory Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Research Center Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10100, Morocco. archimedemulega@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-154X
Imane RahmouniLaboratory Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Research Center Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10100, Morocco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-4844
Nikol KmentováCentre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity & Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-9545
Gyrhaiss Kapepula KasembeleCentre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity & Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1692-9992
Pascal Mulungula MasilyaDépartement de Biologie-Chimie, Unité d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Hydrobiologie Appliquée (UERHA), ISP/Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6205-2004
Abdelaziz BenhoussaLaboratory Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Research Center Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10100, Morocco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5596-9797
Maarten Van SteenbergeCentre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity & Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6964-9014
Maarten P M VanhoveCentre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity & Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-7566

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Universiteit Hasselt BOF20TT06Universiteit Hasselt BOF21PD01Universiteit Hasselt BOF22BL08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeStudies on monogeneans parasitizing representatives of Siluriformes in Africa remain scarce and fragmentary. In order to contribute to fill this gap, we screened Heterobranchus longifilis from the Lindi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

methodsHeterobranchus longifilis was purchased from fishermen in DR Congo, province of Tshopo, in Kisangani town, the Lindi River. The monogeneans were individually isolated from the gill and transferred directly onto a slide in a drop of Hoyer's medium.

resultsQuadriacanthus lindiensis n. sp. is morphologically similar to Quadriacanthus longifilisi. However, it is distinguished from the latter by its non-sclerotized vagina, its dorsal cunei shape and the size of its bars.

conclusionOnly Q. lindiensis n. sp. was found on the gills of the single individual of H. longifilis screened. In the future, a representative sampling should enable us to verify if Q. lindiensis n. sp. co-occurs with other species known to parasitize H. longifilis.

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CatfishesFish DiseasesGillsTrematode InfectionsAnimalsDemocratic Republic of the CongoPlatyhelminthsRiversTrematodaFlatwormsLindiParasitesQuadriacanthus Lindiensis n. sp.Tshopo

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