A new species of Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) in Western Australian waters.
Dactylostomum nicolli n. sp. is described from the intestine of the goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) caught off Point Peron, Western Australia. The problem of assigning the new species to the appropriate genus, especially with regard to its close resemblance to Paropecoelus Pritchard, 1966, which also infects goatfishes, is discussed. This is the second report of Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 from an Australian marine fish. The new species is distinguished by its elongate form, simple ventral sucker papillae and irregularly shaped ovary.
Aken'Ova
Thelma O L
TO
Department of Parasitology and Microbiology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Q 4072, Australia.
Cribb
Thomas H
TH
Bray
Rodney A
RA
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D014904:Western Australia