A new species of Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) in Western Australian waters |
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| Authors: | Aken'Ova Thelma OL Cribb Thomas H Bray Rodney A |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Parasitology and Microbiology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Q 4072, Australia;(2) Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria;(3) Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK |
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| Abstract: | Dactylostomum
nicolli n. sp. is described from the intestine of the goatfish Upeneichthys
lineatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) caught off Point Peron, Western Australia. The problem of assigning the new species to the appropriate genus, especially with regard to its close resemblance to Paropecoelus Pritchard, 1966, which also infects goatfishes, is discussed. This is the second report of Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 from an Australian marine fish. The new species is distinguished by its elongate form, simple ventral sucker papillae and irregularly shaped ovary. |
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