title: Heliconema minnanensis n. sp. (Physalopteroidae: Physalopteridae) and Raphidascaris trichiuri (Yin and Zhang) n. comb. (Ascaridoidea: Anisakidae) in marine fishes.
abstract: Heliconema minnanensis n. sp. is described from the Chiloscyllium plagiosum south of the Minnan-Taiwan Bank Fishing Ground, Taiwan Strait. It is characterized by having the following combination of features. There are no longitudinal ridges in the posterior part of the body; the male has 4 pairs of precloacal papillae and 6-7 pairs of postcloacal papillae. The right spicule averages 0.2 mm long (1.1% of body length), and the left spicule averages 1.2 mm long (5.6% of body length), making an average spicule ratio of 1:5.2. The female has a vulva located on the left side of a thick membrane and 56-65% of the body length from the anterior end. Raphidascaris trichiuri (Yin and Zhang, 1983) comb. n., known previously from males only, is transferred from Cloeoascaris and redescribed, including material of both sexes from Muraenesox cinereus from the type locality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Fujian, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Damin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heqing
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D013270:Stomach / Q000469:parasitology; D013624:Taiwan