Bartoliella pritchardae n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Epinephelides armatus (Serranidae) from temperate marine waters of Western Australia.
An opecoelid, Bartoliella pritchardae n. g., n. sp., is described from the intestine of Epinephelides armatus from Western Australia. The new genus has been assigned to the subfamily Opecoelininae Gibson & Bray, 1984, bringing the number of genera in the subfamily to two. Although the new genus is similar to Opecoelina Manter, 1934 morphologically, the pedunculate ventral sucker and complete absence of a cirrus-sac necessitate the erection of a new genus. A formal re-definition of the subfamily is given, based on the diagnoses of the genera Opecoelina and Bartoliella n. g.
Aken'Ova
Thelma O
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Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D012623:Seawater; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014904:Western Australia