A new family of Monostome flukes (Platyhelminths, Digenea) from the dugong, Dugong dugon (Müller).
The family Labicolidae is erected to contain a new species of Monostome fluke occurring in abcesses in the upper lip of the dugong from northern Australia. Labicola elongata is described as a new species and figured.
D000038:Abscess / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000469:parasitology*; D008722:Methods; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000302:isolation & purification