International Journal of Marine Science, 2017, Vol.7, No.10, 88-95
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Figure 1 Photograph of
Monascus
sp.
ventral
view
Description based on one specimen. Body elongates 20 mm×0.57 mm; Tegument smooth. Oral sucker terminal,
0.4 mm with an oval aperture; oval ventral sucker 0.34×0.26. Prepharynx 0.37; pharynx 0.13×0.10; intestine
extend to posterior end of body; anus absent. Testes two, anterior testis 0.47×0.39 mm; posterior testis 0.52×0.39;
cirrus sac anteriorly, Ovary, 0.26×0.26. Vitelline follicles lateral, extending from near posterior level of
acetabulum to mid-level between testes. Eggs 0.026×0.06. The parasite are described on the present study
compared with some measurements of Nine nominal species have been reported in the genus
Monascus
up to
1993 (Table 1) and showing that similarity with
M. filiformis
that described by Koie (1979) and differ in the size
of parasite. The results indicated that the parasites are considered as having new hosts viz,
p. argenteus
and as new
records in the Iraqi marine fishes.
Table 1 Some measurement of some
Monascus
spp according to Koiem 1079 and present study
Name used Body
length
(mm)
Greeter
width with
diameter
(mm)
Oral sucker (mm)
Ventral
sucker
diameter
(mm)
Pharynx
Egg
(µm)
Reference
M.typicus
1-4
0.25-0.33 0.2-0.25×0.15-0.2 0.13-0.17 0.18-0.25×0.1-0.12 40×24
Odhnet (1911)
M.filiformis
-
-
-
-
-
40×24
Odhnet (1911)
M.minor
1.3-2 0.2-0.25 0.16-0.18×0.13-0.15 0.11-0.12 0.15×0.08
40×24
Odhnet (1911)
M.filiformi
5-5
0.42
0.30×0.26
0.26
0.26×0.13
43-47×24-29 Dolfas (1947)
M.filiformi
2.6
0.20
0.22×0.16
0.14
0.26×0.13
43-47×24-29 Dolfas (1947)
M.filiformis 2.3
0.30
0.28×0.20
0.15
0.16×0.08
43-47×24-29 Dolfas (1947)
M.filiformis 1.0
0.31
0.22×0.16
0.11
0.18×0.10
43-47×24-29 Dolfas (1947)
M.filiformis 3.3
0.41
0.23×0.18
0.17×0.19 0.16×0.11
38-43×20-26 Nahhas &Powell
(1971)
M.typicus
7
0.33
0.27×0.19
0.19
0.13×0.11
48×24
Janiszwekas
(1953)
M.typicus
4.3
0.29
0.24×0.15
0.15×0.16 0.24×0.14
31-34×21-22 Fischthal&Kuntz
(1963)
M.typicus
5.9
0.33
0.33×0.21
0.18
0.17×0.14
31-34×21-23 Fischthal&Kuntz
(1963)
M.typicus
4.9-5.9 0.43-0.50 0.24×0.31
0.18×0.21 0.22×0.16
32-36×21-22 Fischthal&Kuntz
(1963)
M.orientalis 6.1
0.52
0.28×0.34
0.22×0.26 0.24×0.29
0.24×0.29 Fischthal&Kuntz
(1963)
M.orientalis 7.2
0.64
0.22×0.24
0.15
0.28×0.30
34-38×19-23 Lamothe
–Argunedo
(1969)
M.netroi
2.1
0.32
0.23×0.17
0.14
0.32×0.12
37-41×22 Travassos (1969)
M.filiformis 3.0
0.34
0.28×0.15
0.15
0.20×0.10
36-40×20-25 Koie (1979)
