A redescription of Homalometron senegalense Fischthal & Thomas, 1972 (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) from Synaptura kleinii (Teleostei) of the western Mediterranean.
The apocreadiid digenean Homalometron senegalense is redescribed from the soleid fish Synaptura kleinii from off Corsica in the western Mediterranean. For the first time, lymphatic vessels are described for this species, and the implications of this in the systematics of the Apocreadiidae discussed. This species is considered closest to H. galaicus and H. wrightae, both also reported from soleid hosts. The concept of Apocreadiidae espoused is that most recently developed by Cribb & Bray (1999).
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Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, UMR 6540 CNRS, DIMAR, Campus Universitaire de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cédex 9, France.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008857:Microscopy, Interference; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*