宿主 Host

ブルーギル Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819．

寄生部位 Site of infection

鰓 gills．[1, 2]

産地 Locality

千塚池 Chizuka Pond，福山市 Fukuyama City [1]；ぶどう池 Budo Reservoir，広島大学 Hiroshima Univ.（広島県 Hiroshima Pref.） [2]； 琵琶湖 L. Biwa（滋賀県 Shiga Pref.）[3]．

環境 Environment

淡水 freshwater．

文献 References

[1] Muroga, K., Yoshimatsu, T. and Kasahara, S. (1980). Urocleidus ferox (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from bluegill sunfish in Japan. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 45: 25–29.

[2] Maneepitaksanti, M. and Nagasawa, K. (2012a). Actinocleidus fergusoni (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), a gill parasite of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), new to Japan. Biogeogtaphy 14: 93–97.

[3] Timoshkin, O. A., Grygier, M.J., Wada, E., Nakai, K., Nishino, M., Genkal, S. I., Biserov, V. I., Gagarin, V. G., Semernoy, V. P., Jankowski, A. W., Stepanjants, S.D., Tsalolikhin, S. Ya., Starobogatov, Ya. I., Alexeev, V. R., Tuzovskij, P. V., Okuneva, G.L., Sheveleva, N. G., Pomazkova, G. I., Arov, I. V., Mazepova, G. F., Janz, H., Obolkina, L. A., Chernyshev, A. V., Morino, H., Matsuda, M., Ohtsuka, T., Kawakatsu, M., Maehata, M., Masuda, Y., Faubel, A. Yahiro, K., Hirasawa, R., Tuji, A., Kusuoka, Y., Kameda, K., Ishida, T., Itoh, T., Ichise, S., Wakabayashi, T., Okubo, U., Seki, Sh., Nagasawa, K., Ogawa, K., Masunaga, K., and Gamo, J. (2011). Biodiversity of Lake Biwa: New discoveries and future potential. Pp. 1439– 1513. In: Timoshkin, O. A. (ed.: Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Division, Limnological Institute), “Index of Animal Species Inhabiting Lake Baikal and Its Catchment Area” Vol. II. Appendix 3. Nauka, Novosibirsk, Russia.

備考 Remarks

本種はブルーギルとともに国内に持ち込まれた外来単生類である.

This monogenean is an alien species co-introduced with L. macrochirus from North America to Japan (Muroga et al. 1980).