Octospiniferoides chandleri

Author
Bullock, 1957

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Overall Geographic Range
Recorded also from freshwater habitats of the Yucatán Peninsula and Veracruz, Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • parasitic
  • freshwater
References

  • Bullock, W. L. 1957a. Octospiniferoides chandleri n. gen., n. sp., a Neoechinorhynchid Acanthocephalan from Fundulus grandis Baird and Girard on the Texas coast. Journal of Parasitology 43: 97–100.

  • Bullock, W. L. 1964. Octospiniferoides chandleri Bullock, 1957 (Neoechinorhynchidae) a common parasite of Gambusia affinis in central Florida. Journal of Parasitology 50: sect 2, 32e.

  • Bullock, W. L. 1966. A redescription of Octospiniferoides chandleri Bullock, 1957. Journal of Parasitology 52: 735–738.

Endnotes

  • Octospiniferoides chandleri is regarded as a marine species; however, recent records from southern Mexico (see Salgado-Maldonado 2006) suggest this could be a rare species but in freshwater fishes. The original description (Bullock 1957a) was based on only 2 immature females recovered from one of 3 Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, from Texas. Later, Bullock (1957b) stated that no other specimens of this parasite were obtained from 100 other F. grandis, and over 600 additional cyprinodontid fishes representing 5 species were likewise negative for this parasite.

Species Notes

Added keyword "parasitic"

Source

Salgado-Maldonado, G. and O. M. Amin. 2009. Acanthocephala of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 539–552 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-13-2024.

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