| Title |
Mawsonascaris parva sp. nov. (Nematoda: Ascaridida) from the Arabian whipray Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto et Moore (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) off the coast of Iraq
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Acta Parasitologica, November 2012
|
| DOI | 10.2478/s11686-012-0047-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Atheer Ali, Lu-Ping Zhang, Nadirah Al-Salim, Liang Li |
| Abstract |
Mawsonascaris parva sp. nov. collected from the Arabian whipray Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto et Moore (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) off the coast of Iraq is described and illustrated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The new species differs from its congeners by its small body size (8.11-18.2 mm long), the absence of an intestinal caecum, the slightly unequal spicules (left and right spicule 1.08-2.50 mm and 0.98-2.01 mm long, respectively, representing 12.1-13.7% and 10.1-12.1% of body length), the number and arrangement of male caudal papillae (13-14 pairs in total, arranged as: 7-8 pairs of precloacal, 1 pair of double paracloacal and 5 pairs of postcloacal) and the presence of a single, median precloacal papilla. Thus, a total of six species of Mawsonascaris are now known and this is the first species of this genus recorded from species of Himantura. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 6 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 2 | 33% |
| Professor | 1 | 17% |
| Other | 1 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 2 | 33% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 December 2012.
All research outputs
#22,759,802
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Acta Parasitologica
#481
of 735 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#177,601
of 198,573 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Acta Parasitologica
#3
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 735 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 2.0. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 198,573 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 3 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one.