Allencotyla pricei sp. n. (Microcotyloidea: Heteraxinidae) from the gills of the pile surfperch, Damalichthys vacca (Girard), in southern California

Allencotyla pricei sp. n. (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) from the gills of pile surfperch, Damalichthys vacca (Girard), from Redondo Beach, California is described. This species is distinguished primarily by the prebifurcal position of the genital atrium and vagina, and by possessing an elongate esophagus. The systematic arrangement of microcotyloid forms characterized by an asymmetric haptor is discussed.     

Studies on the Ultrastructure of the Genital Organs in Proseriata (Turbellaria). I. Cirrifera aculeata (Ax) (Coelogynoporidae)

The genital organs in adult specimens of Cirrifera aculeata have been studied by transmission electron microscopy. The male copulatory organ is of the conjuncta-duplex type provided with a spiny cirrus. The structure of the epithelia lining the different parts of the genital organs is described. The cirrus spines and the spines in the genital atrium are shown to be intracellular specializations. The structure and location of the cirrus spines in the Proseriata studied so far are discussed.     

云南省蚋科一新种：双翅目：蚋科

本文报道云南省蚋科一新种：谭氏梯蚋Ｔｉａｎｏｐｔｅｒｙｘ ｔａｎａｅ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．。标本采自大理市郊一小溪中。新种雄虫的生殖腹板和雌虫的生殖叉突较近似于斯里兰卡的Ｓｉｍｕｌｉｕｍ（Ｂｙｓｓｏｄｏｎ）ｌａｎｇｕｉｄｕｍ Ｄａｖｉｅｓ ｅｔＧｙｏｒｋｏｓ,但其他特征有明显的不同。     

Presence of genital spines in a male Corynosoma cetaceum Johnston and Best, 1942 (Acanthocephala)

We collected 83 females and 80 males of Corynosoma cetaceum from 2 common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, collected in northern Patagonia (Argentina). Worms were most similar to specimens collected in other South American localities. However, 1 male had 2 spines adjacent to the genital pore and isolated from the rest of body spines. This finding confirms the recent reassignment of C. cetaceum to Corynosoma. Absence of genital spines is suggested to be avoided as the sole criterion to exclude specimens from Corynosoma or Andracantha.     

Four species of Stephanostomum Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Seriola dumerili (Risso) (Teleostei: Carangidae) in the western Mediterranean,including S. euzeti n. sp.

Four species of Stephanostomum are described from various sites in Seriola dumerili from off Corsica, France. S. ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1939), from the stomach, pyloric caeca and duodenum, has 36 circum-oral spines. S. seriolae Yamaguti, 1970 is considered a synonym of S. ditrematis. S. filiforme Linton, 1940, from the mid-intestine, has 43-46 circum-oral spines. S. petimba Yamaguti, 1970, from the rectum, has a 42 circum-oral spines. S. euzeti n. sp. has 49-51 circum-oral spines, and differs from worms with a similar anterior extent of the vitellarium and circum-oral spine number in details of the vitelline distribution and the distances between the gonads. Attention is drawn to the presence in the rectum of S. dumerili of sympatric species differentiated mainly on circum-oral spine number.     

苟氏直缝隐翅虫雄虫的形态记述 (鞘翅目: 隐翅虫科, 胸片隐翅虫亚科)

 首次记述并图示苟氏直缝隐翅虫Othius goui Zheng雄虫, 检视标本由苟正跃1983年在四川卧龙采得。     

Diplaxine popovae gen. et sp. n., a new representative of the family Axinidae Unnithan, 1957 (Monogenoidea)]

A new species belonging to a new genus of Monogenoidea was found on the gills of Euleptorhamphus viridis from the Indian Ocean. The opisthohaptor of the new genus consists of two medially overlapping rows of clamps situated on a double fold along the oblique posterior margin of the body. Clamp are of Microcotyle type, their springs having accessory pieces. Three pairs of larval hooks are present. The genital atrium is armed with three groups of spines. The first group comprises spines surrounding the female aperture; the second one surrounds the cirrus in an incomplete circle; the third group consists of two lateral groups of spines arising from two muscular pad-like structures. Vagina armed with a chitionous spine opens on the right-hand side which is longer than the left-hand one. Behind the U-shaped ovarium vitellaria merge in an undifferentiated mass and completely cover the branches of the intestine and the testes. The new genus is close to the genera Chlamydaxine Unnithan, 1957 and Axine Abildgaard, 1794 differing from the former by an armed genital atrium and from the latter by two medially overlapping rows of clamps.     

Contribution to the knowledge of species of the genus Stephanostomum Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from teleosts of the Western Mediterranean,with the description of S. gaidropsari n. sp.

Four species of the acanthocolpid genus Stephanostomum are redescribed from the digestive tract of teleosts in the Western Mediterranean: the type-species, S. cesticillum from Lophius piscatorius is described with a ventrally interrupted ring of 35 circum-oral spines and as lacking a uroproct; S. bicoronatum from Sciaena umbra has a ventrally interrupted ring of 31 circum-oral spines and a uroproct; S. pristis from Phycis phycis has an uninterrupted ring of 36 oral spines and no uroproct; S. minutum from Uranoscopus scaber has an uninterrupted ring of 36 oral spines and a uroproct. A new species, S. gaidropsari from Gaidropsarus mediterraneus, is described with an uninterrupted ring of 36 oral spines and an apparent uroproct. It differs from all other Stephanostomum species with similar oral spine numbers in the armament of the ejaculatory duct, and from various of these species by vitelline distribution, length of the genital atrium, oesophageal length and sucker-ratio.     

苟氏直缝隐翅虫雄虫的形态记述(鞘翅目: 隐翅虫科, 胸片隐翅虫亚科)

首次记述并图示苟氏直缝隐翅虫Othius goui Zheng雄虫,检视标本由苟正跃1983年在四川卧龙采得。     

海南省蚋属一新种(双翅目：蚋科)

记述采自海南省尖峰蚋属蚋亚属Simulium(Simulium)一新种,乐东蚋Simulium(Simulium)ledongense sp.nov.。新种隶属多叉蚋组Simulium multistriatum-group,与秦氏蚋Simulium qiniCao et al.,1993和鞍阳蚋Simulium dphippiodum Chen and Wen,1999近缘。对其各虫期形态进行描述并与其近缘种比较作分类讨论。模式标本保存于遗阳医学院生物学教研室。     

Monogenea of Chinese marine fishes. X. A new species and two new records of the Axinidae from fishes of the South China Sea

This paper reports a new species and two new records of the Axinidae collected from fishes of the South China Sea. Loxuroides fungilliformis n. sp. was obtained from the gills of Hemirhamphus guoyi collected at Zhapo (21°34N, 111°49E). The new species is similar to L. sasikala (Unnithan,1957) Price, 1962 in the structure of the cirrus and genital atrium, but differs from the latter in the shape and number of the spines of its genital atrium and cirrus. Both L. sasikala and Axine tripathii Price, 1962 are recorded for the first time off China.     

Studies on generaMallomonas andSynura,and other plankton in freshwater with the electron microscope

A new genusSpiniferomonas of the Synuraceae was established withSpiniferomonas bourrellii as the type species. The cells ofSpiniferomonas are solitary, freeswimming, biflagellated, and covered with siliceous scales and spines. The genus shows a similarity to theChrysosphaerella (Synuraceae) in the structure of scales and spines. In addition to the type species, six species were also described as the new taxa of this genus. They were named asS. abei, S. bilacunosa, S. trioralis, S. crucigera, S. conica, andS. alata, respectively. All the specimens were collected from ponds and lakes in Japan.S. trioralis was also collected from the Republic of South Africa. Dedicated to Professor Dr. NoboruAbe in celebration of his sixty-fifth birthday.     

宽鳃鮟鱇属一新种

20世纪70年代以前,全世界已知宽鳃鮟鱇属Sladenia Regan(1908)鱼类仅有3种。1980～1982年期间,东海水产研究所"东方"号和南海水产研究所"南锋"号调查船分别在东海和南海的大陆架渔场调查时,共采集到4尾珍稀的深海鮟鱇鱼类。经研究,认为这4尾标本是1新种,定名为朱氏宽鳃鮟鱇Sladenia zhui sp.nov.。     

New caligiform Copepod (Siphonostomatoida: Dissonidae) parasitic on Seriola hippos from western Australian waters, with new records and orphological variation for Dissonus nudiventris and Dissonus similis, and an updated key to the species of Dissonus

Dissonus hoi n. sp. is described from female and male specimens collected from the nasal cavities of a Samson Fish (Seriola hippos Günther) captured off Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Adult female D. hoi are distinguished from their congeners by possessing the following combination of characters: (1) a quadrangular genital complex, (2) ventral spines on the genital complex, (3) pair of postantennal processes, (4) a sternal furca, (5) 1-segmented abdomen, and (6) convoluted, uniseriate egg strings. New records and intraspecific morphological variation are also given for Dissonus nudiventris collected from Australia, and Dissonus similis collected from the tropical western Pacific. A key to the valid species of Dissonus is provided.     

Polymorphus arctocephali Smales, 1986, a synonym of Corynosoma cetaceum Johnston & Best, 1942 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae)

Polymorphus arctocephali (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) was differentiated from P. cetaceum based on patterns in the trunk spine distribution and slight morphometric differences. The comparison of both species involved samples from South Australia and did not include P. cetaceum from South America. In this paper we re-examine the systematic position of P. arctocephali based on a more detailed morphological and geographical analysis. Results indicate that P. arctocephali does not differ in trunk spine distribution with respect to P. cetaceum, and that its morphometric differences can be subsumed under the natural variation found within P. cetaceum populations. Therefore, P. arctocephali becomes a junior synonym of P. cetaceum. P. cetaceum was transferred from Corynosoma to Polymorphus due to the absence of genital spines in both sexes. However, adopting the less restrictive definition of genital spines used by several authors, females of P. cetaceum could be considered as bearing genital spines. Species of the genus Andracantha also have genital spines, but specimens of P. cetaceum possess a continuous field of trunk spines, which precludes the assignment of this species to Andracantha. Other generic level characters, as well as ecological data, support clearly the transference of P. cetaceum back to Corynosoma. Therefore, this species becomes Corynosoma cetaceum Johnston & Best, 1942.