Grammatorcynicola n. g. (Bucephalidae: Dolichoenterinae) from Grammatorcynus spp. (Scombridae) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
A new trematode genus, Grammatorcynicola n. g. (Bucephalidae: Dolichoenterinae), and two new species, G. brayi n. sp. and G. nolani n. sp. from the intestines of the scombrids, Grammatorcynus bicarinatus and Gr. bilineatus respectively, are reported from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Grammatorcynicola n. g. is placed in the Dolichoenterinae, as the pharynx is in the anterior quarter of the body, the caecum is tube-like and extends to the posterior quarter of the body, the cirrus-sac is small relative to the size of the worm when compared with other bucephalids and the pars prostatica is curved. Grammatorcynicola n. g. differs from other dolichoenterine genera in having a simple sucker-like rhynchus, the ovary anterior to the testes and by not having a particularly thick cirrus-sac wall.
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology and Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. bott.nathan@saugov.sa.gov.au
Nathan J
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Bott
Thomas H
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Cribb
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*