A redescription and a new geographical record in the Black Sea of Bacciger israelensis Fischthal, 1980 (Trematoda: Fellodistomidae).
Bacciger israelensis Fischthal, 1980 (Trematoda: Fellodistomidae) was recorded from Boops boops (Perciformes: Sparidae) in Bulgarian Black Sea coastal waters for the first time. Re-examination of the morphology of B. israelensis showed some new details: Laurer's canal opens dorsally a short distance anterior to the excretory pore; seminal receptacle situated posterior to ventral sucker and ventral to ovary; ovary composed of three nearly spherical but not separated lobes forming apexes of isosceles triangle; tegumental spines covering body including entire surface of ventral sucker and distal half of upper part of oral sucker.
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Institute of Parasitology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
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D000818:Animals; D002031:Bulgaria; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D012623:Seawater; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification