著者

Kazuya Nagasawa Masato Nitta

出版者

Carcinological Society of Japan

雑誌

Crustacean Research (ISSN:02873478)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.47, pp.5-8, 2018 (Released:2018-01-13)

参考文献数

15

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1

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Over more than one century since 1894, cymothoid isopods attached by the diclidophorid monogenean Choricotyle elongata (Goto, 1894) in the mouth cavity of Japanese sparids have not been exactly identified. This note reports that those isopods are identifiable as Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) based on material of the species attached by Ch. elongata in the mouth cavity of a red seabream, Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843), from the Seto Inland Sea.

著者

Masato Nitta Kazuya Nagasawa

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.28, no.1, pp.69-97, 2023-04-20 (Released:2023-04-20)

参考文献数

152

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3

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In this study we describe one new species of Dactylogyrus Diesing, 1850 and three new species of Bivaginogyrus Gussev and Gerasev in Gussev, 1985 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from two freshwater fishes Gnathopogon elongatus elongatus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) and G. caerulescens (Sauvage, 1883) (Cypriniformes: Gobionidae) endemic to Japan. Further, G. elongatus is a new host record for Paradiplozoon skrjabini Achmerov, 1974 (Monogenea: Diplozoidae). Dactylogyrus tamoroko n. sp. is most similar to D. chenjiagengi Zhang in Zhang, Zhou, and Wen, 1990, D. clypeatus Gussev, 1955, and D. gnathopogonis Yamaguti, 1963; it differs from these three congeners by the bifurcate base of the accessory piece. Bivaginogyrus japonicus n. sp. is close to D. polylepidis Alvarez Pellitero, Simon Vicente, and Gonzalez Lanza, 1981, but it can be separated from the latter species based on its uniform-sized marginal hooks. The new species was connected to the cartilage tissue of the gill using filament-like structures, which are assumed to be derived from secretions of the reservoirs associated with each marginal hook. Bivaginogyrus cingulatus n. sp. resembles D. navicularis Gussev, 1955, D. trullaeformis Gussev, 1955, and D. imberbis Wu and Wang, 1983, but the new species is distinguished from these three species by having its inconspicuous outer roots. Bivaginogyrus exiguus n. sp. is comparable to D. pandus Wu and Wang, 1983 and D. colpodes Wu, Wang, and Song, 1983, but differs from these two species in having a shorter penis. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that Bivaginogyrus is a paraphyletic group and shows affinity to “Dactylogyrus” species parasitic on gobionid fishes. However, most of those closely related Dactylogyrus species are yet to be described for their internal morphology and should accordingly be redescribed. The three new species of Bivaginogyrus are assumed to have been co-introduced along with G. e. elongatus into non-native regions of this host.

著者

Masato Nitta Kazuya Nagasawa

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.2, pp.117-125, 2017-11-25 (Released:2017-12-05)

参考文献数

55

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4

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Haplocotyle japonica n. gen., n. sp. (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) is described from the skin and gill cavity of Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Richardson, 1846 (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae) in the Seto Inland Sea off Hiroshima Prefecture and the southern Sea of Japan off Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The new genus is closely related to Dermophthirioides Cheung and Nigrelli, 1983, Dermophthirius MacCallum, 1926, Dermopristis Kearn, Whittington, and Evans-Gowing, 2010, and Pseudoleptobothrium Young, 1967 in common morphological features (i.e., the anterior extremity of the oötype having a tetrahedral shape, the anterior aperture of a bell-shaped pharynx, and the structure of the male copulatory organ) but differs from the latter four genera by the presence of a single testis and an ovary not looping the intestinal caeca. The phylogenetic analysis based on 28S rDNA sequences suggests that the new species shows affinity with Dermophthirius and Dermopristis. All currently known species of Microbothriidae Price, 1936 are listed, and a key to 12 genera, including Haplocotyle n. gen., of the family is provided.

著者

Masato Nitta

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, no.1, pp.61-69, 2022-03-10 (Released:2022-03-10)

参考文献数

49

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1

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The epistylidid ciliate Epistylis wuhanensis Wang, Zhou, Guo, and Gu, 2017 was found attached to the body surface of Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) parasitizing Rhinogobius similis Gill, 1859 (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Arida River in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. This epistylidid was described based on live ciliates, stained specimens, and scanning electron microscope observation with molecular information. This is the first record of E. wuhanensis from Japan and the second record of the epistylidid attached to metazoans. A list of records of Epistylis Ehrenberg, 1830 species attached to metazoans in Japan is proposed.

著者

Masato Nitta Takanori Ishikawa Tomiji Hagiwara

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.25, no.2, pp.349-354, 2020-11-16 (Released:2020-11-17)

参考文献数

49

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2

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Dactylogyrus petruschewskyi Gussev, 1955 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) was found infecting the gills of Megalobrama amblycephala Yih, 1955 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae: Cultrinae) that was sampled from the Ono River flowing into Lake Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture, central Japan. This is the first record of this monogenean from Japan, and this parasite was most likely introduced and established along with M. amblycephala from China into Japan. The 28S rDNA sequence of D. petruschewskyi is available in the database but not based on a published study. We analyzed molecular data based on newly collected specimens, and the obtained sequence corresponded to the available sequence.

著者

Masato Nitta Takanori Ishikawa

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.29, no.1, pp.23-30, 2024-01-11 (Released:2024-01-11)

参考文献数

60

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Henneguya postexilis Minchew, 1977 (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) is described as a novel record for Japan. It was found in the gills of non-native Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), which were collected from the Omoi River, a tributary of the Tone River system in Tochigi Prefecture, central Honshu. This myxozoan species is native to North America and its discovery from Japan in this study is the second case reported from a non-native region. Until now, H. postexilis has only been observed in I. punctatus, suggesting that it is an introduced alien species in Japan, likely accompanying its host.

著者

Yusuke Kamio Masato Nitta

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.28, no.2, pp.263-271, 2023-11-24 (Released:2023-11-24)

参考文献数

36

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Microcotyle pacinkar n. sp. (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) is described from the gills of Sebastes taczanowskii Steindachner, 1880 (Scorpionfishes: Sebastidae) (Japanese name: Ezo-mebaru) collected from off Usujiri in Hokkaido, northern Japan in the North Pacific Ocean. The new species is morphologically most similar to M. ditrematis Yamaguti, 1940 in having an elongated body and an inverted pear-shaped genital atrium but differs from the congener in the arrangement of the spines in the genital atrium and the shapes of the anterolateral sclerites of the clamps. The phylogenetic trees for species of Microcotyle van Beneden and Hesse, 1863 based on the partial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I region were estimated using new sequences of M. pacinkar n. sp.; the new species formed a sister group with M. sebastis Goto, 1894.

著者

Yusuke Kamio Masato Nitta

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, no.1, pp.83-90, 2022-03-25 (Released:2022-03-25)

参考文献数

40

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1

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Gemmaecaputia corrugata Tripathi, 1959 (Monogenea: Chauhaneidae), the type-species of Gemmaecaputia Tripathi, 1959, is redescribed from the gills of Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829 (Sphyraenidae) off Yomitan Town, Okinawa-jima island, Southern Japan, as a new country record. Sphyraena forsteri represents a new host record for this monogenean. The cox1 phylogenetic tree showed that G. corrugata and Pseudochauhanea macrorchis Lin, Liu, and Zhang, 2001 (Chauhaneidae) formed a sister group, but the 28S rDNA phylogenetic tree indicates that G. corrugata is nested in a clade comprised of Chauhaneidae and Protomicrocotylidae.

著者

Masato Nitta Kazuya Nagasawa

出版者

日本動物分類学会

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.21, no.2, pp.95-104, 2016-11-25 (Released:2017-02-03)

参考文献数

42

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7

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Four alien monogeneans, Unilatus unilatus Mizelle and Kritsky, 1967, U. brittani Mizelle, Kritsky, and Crane, 1968, Trinigyrus peregrinus n. sp., and Heteropriapulus heterotylus (Jogunoori, Kritsky, and Venkatanarasaiah, 2004), were collected from the gills of vermiculated sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), in inland waters of Okinawa-jima island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Unilatus unilatus and U. brittani represent new country records for Japan. Trinigyrus peregrinus n. sp. is characterized by a coiled male copulatory organ that forms a circle and does not articulate with its accessory piece. Heteropriapulus heterotylus was newly collected from two rivers in south-central Okinawa-jima island. These monogeneans are all considered to be native to South America and to have been co-introduced with the host fish into the inland waters of the island by release of ornamental pet fish.

著者

Masato Nitta

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.28, no.2, pp.273-284, 2023-11-24 (Released:2023-11-24)

参考文献数

96

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Specimens of Gyrodactylus cyprini Diarova, 1964 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) and Dactylogyrus extensus Mueller and Van Cleave, 1932 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) were obtained from the common carp Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, which was reared in an outdoor pond at the Tamaki Field Station of the Fisheries Technology Institute, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Although G. cyprini is a well-known parasite of C. carpio in the Palearctic and USA and its existence in Japan was implied by the dermatitis examination of exported koi carp from Japan to Thailand, any specimen of G. cyprini has not been recorded in Japan. In addition, I determined some Japanese specimens previously identified as G. kherulensis Ergens, 1974 were also G. cyprini. This study obtained novel geographical records of these monogeneans, along with redescriptions of three monogenean species and molecular data of G. cyprini and D. extensus.

著者

Masato Nitta Kazuya Nagasawa

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.25, no.1, pp.61-73, 2020-02-15 (Released:2020-02-15)

参考文献数

147

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5

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Four species of alien parasites, Dactylogyrus skrjabini Achmerow, 1954, D. hypophthalmichthys Achmerow, 1952, D. wuhuensis Lee, 1960 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), and Sinergasilus lieni Yin, 1949 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Ergasilidae), were collected from the gills of the alien cyprinid, the silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) in the Watarase River flowing into the Watarase Retarding Basin, Tochigi Prefecture, central Japan. These alien parasites represent new geographical records from Japan. The generic position of D. skrjabini has been doubted because its dorsal anchor shape is similar to those of Pellucidhaptor spp. (Dactylogyridae), but the species should be assigned to Dactylogyrus based on the phylogenetic analysis of 28S rDNA made in this study. The scientific name “Pseudergasilus polycolpus Markewitsch, 1939” is an incorrect subsequent spelling of P. undulatus Markewitsch, 1940, and S. lieni is the oldest available name that can be applied to the ergasilid found in this study.

著者

Masato Nitta Kazuya Nagasawa

出版者

日本動物分類学会

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.1, pp.1-5, 2017-05-25 (Released:2017-05-25)

参考文献数

25

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3

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Dactylogyrus oryziasi n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) is described from the gills of the southern medaka Oryzias latipes (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) (Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) collected from an irrigation canal, Tokushima city, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. This new species resembles Dactylogyrus rysavyi Ergens, 1970 in having a coiled penis passing through a tube of an accessory piece associated with a sigmoid rod, and shapes of haptoral parts, but these species differ from each other by turns of the penis and a connection point between the rod and tube of the accessory piece. This is the first record of Dactylogyrus from beloniform fish.

著者

Masato Nitta

出版者

The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

雑誌

Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.2, pp.145-150, 2019-07-25 (Released:2019-07-25)

参考文献数

34

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3

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Neoheterocotyle quadrispinata n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) is described from the gills of Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Richardson, 1846 (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) in the central Seto Inland Sea, Hiroshima Prefecture and the southern Sea of Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. This is the first report of a Neoheterocotyle species from Japan. The new species is morphologically most similar to N. forficata (Timofeeva, 1981) and N. rhinobatidis (Young, 1967) in having two pairs of dorsal haptoral accessory sclerites but differs from them in that the penis is curved proximally and the accessory piece has a blade-shaped process.