title: Occurrence of Monogenea in Italian freshwater fish (Po river basin).
abstract: Sixteen Monogenean species were found on the skin and gills of 10 different fish species collected from north Italian water bodies. Cleidodiscus pricei from Ictalurus melas; Dactylogyrus alatus from Alburnus alburnus; D. anchoratus, D. formosus and D. vastator from Carassius carassius; D. difformis from Scardinius erythrophthalmus; D. rutili from Rutilus aula; D. tincae and Gyrodactylus gasterostei from Tinca tinca; D. ergensi from Leuciscus cephalus and Telestes muticellus; D. vistulae and Paradiplozoon rutili from Leuciscus cephalus; D. extensus and G. katharineri from Cyprinus carpio; G. lucii and Tetraonchus monenteron from Esox lucius. All species are new records for Italy with the exception of D. difformis, D. ergensi, D. vistulae and T. monenteron.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy. paolo.galli@unimib.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaccara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crosa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*