Forticulcita glabra gen. et sp. n. (Digenea, Haploporidae) in a Red Sea Mullet |
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Authors: | ROBIN M. OVERSTREET |
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Affiliation: | Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA |
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Abstract: | The genus Forticulcita was established solely for F. glabra sp. n. from Valamugil seheli (Forsskål) in the Gulf of Aqaba. Most closely related to Haploporus , it is diagnosed primarily by having a species with an acetabulum being conspicuously robust, prepharynx measuring shorter than the pharynx, ceca terminating at the testicular level, muscular hermaphroditic ejaculatory organ lacking accessory structures, and vitellarium consisting of a single mass. |
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