New records of alien monogeneans from Lepomis gibbosus and Silurus glanis in Italy.
The first geographical records of five alien monogeneans for Italy is reported. Four species have been detected from Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758): Actinocleidus recurvatus Mizelle et Donahue, 1944, Actinocleidus oculatus (Mueller, 1934), Urocleidus similis (Mueller, 1936) and Urocleidus dispar (Mueller, 1936); one species from Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: Thaparocleidus vistulensis (Siwak, 1932) n. comb.
Galli
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Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy. paolo.galli@unimib.it
Stefani
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Benzoni
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Crosa
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Zullini
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D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity