title: Pseudorhabdosynochus spp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of Epinephelus spp. in Brazilian waters.
abstract: Pseudorhabdosynochus sulamericanus n. sp. from the gills of Epinephelus niveatus has a reniform proximal region of the cirrus-bulb which is divided in four chambers and contains a large, round reservoir of the male accessory glands, a partly sclerotised vagina which is enclosed in a muscular funnel cap and squamodiscs with 15-16 open concentric rows of elements. P. beverleyburtonae (Oliver, 1984) is redescribed from E. marginatus with additional morphological data. These are the first reports of Pseudorhabdosynochus spp. in South American Atlantic waters, where the potentiality for the mariculture of Epinephelus spp. is currently being evaluated. Pseudorhabdosynochus hargisi (Oliver & Paperna, 1984) n. comb. is proposed for Diplectanum hargisi.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Santa Ursula, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, R. Fernando Ferrari, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Buchmann
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology*; D010473:Perciformes; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*