Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859) (Zoogonidae) and Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) (Fellodistomidae) (Digenea) from the epipelagic teleost Belone belone (L.) in the western Mediterranean.
Numerous individuals of the poorly known species Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Zoogonidae) and Tergestia acanthocephala (Fellodistomidae) have been recovered from the teleost fish Belone belone gracilis from off the Scandola Nature Reserve, Western Mediterranean. They are redescribed, incorporating previously undescribed features: for L. retroflexus, a post-oral ring, a bipartite seminal vesicle, the shape of the excretory vesicle, the subterminal excretory pore and the flask-shaped gland-cells associated with the distinctly pedunculate ventral sucker; and for T. acanthocephala, the intestinal bifurcation in the forebody, necessitating its return to the genus Tergestia from Theledera. Additionally, T. acanthocephala is compared with T. laticollis from various species of Trachurus from the same geographical area.
Bartoli
Pierre
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Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, UMR 6540 CNRS, DIMAR, Campus Universitaire de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cédex 9, France.
Bray
Rodney A
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Gibson
David I
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification