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Although Lake Tanganyika hosts the most diverse endemic cichlid fish assemblage, its monogenean parasite fauna has hardly been documented. The cichlid tribe Tropheini has generated great interest because of its systematic position within the Haplochromini s.l. and its diversity in trophic morphology, reproductive behaviour and population structure. It has the potential to host a diverse Monogenea fauna. Here, we describe the first Cichlidogyrus spp.: Cichlidogyrus steenbergei sp. n., Cichlidogyrus irenae sp. n. and Cichlidogyrus gistelincki sp. n. The three host species, Limnotilapia dardennii, Ctenochromis horei and Gnathochromis pfefferi, are all infected by a single unique Cichlidogyrus sp. The genital and haptoral structure of the new species suggests a close relationship, which might mirror the close affinities between the hosts within the Tropheini. Based on haptoral configuration, the new species belong to a morphological group within the genus containing parasites both of West African cichlids and of Haplochromini, and hence, do not represent a new organisation of the attachment organ (as has recently been described of congeners infecting the ectodine cichlid Ophthalmotilapia).
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Prof. J. Snoeks (RMCA/K.U.Leuven) is gratefully acknowledged for his input and for commenting on an earlier version of the manuscript; Prof. C. Sturmbauer (Karl-Franzens University of Graz) for organizing the expedition to Zambia and Tanzania, and for host identification; M. Van Steenberge (K.U.Leuven/RMCA), J. Raeymaekers (K.U.Leuven), J.K. Zimba, L. Makasa (Lake Tanganyika Research Station, Mpulungu, Zambia), T. Veall, O.R. Mangwangwa (Rift Valley Tropicals, Zambia/Tanzania), M. Nshombo, N. Mulimbwa, R. Muzumani, B. Muterezi, N. Mbirize, L. Kapepula (Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie, Uvira, DRC), C. Katongo (University of Zambia, Lusaka) and their technical staff, for scientific, logistical and administrative contributions to the fieldwork; the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) for research permit no. 2007-258-CC-2006-151 to M.P.M.V. and T.H., respectively, are PhD and post-doctoral fellows of the Research Foundation–Flanders (FWO–Vlaanderen). Fieldwork was funded by two travel grants from the Research Foundation–Flanders and one from the King Leopold III Fund for Nature Conservation and Exploration to M.P.M.V.
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Céline Gillardin and Maarten P.M. Vanhove contributed equally to this paper.
Tine Huyse and Filip A. M. Volckaert are joint senior authors.
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Gillardin, C., Vanhove, M.P.M., Pariselle, A. et al. Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: II: description of the first Cichlidogyrus spp. parasites from Tropheini fish hosts (Teleostei, Cichlidae). Parasitol Res 110, 305–313 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2490-5
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