title: Description of Pseudorhabdosynochus shenzhenensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and redescription of P. serrani Yamaguti, 1953 from Epinephelus coioides off Dapeng Bay, Shenzhen, China.
abstract: One new species of diplectanid, Pseudorhabdosynochus shenzhenensis n. sp., is reported and described from the marine fish Epinephelus coioides off Nan'ao, Shenzhen, China. It can be differentiated from previously described species of the same genus by features of the haptoral and vaginal hard-parts. A second species, P. serrani Yamaguti, 1953, originally described from Serranus sp. from the western Pacific Ocean off the Celebes (now called Sulawesi), is redescribed based on new material from E. coioides.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China. tingbao123@163.com
authors.forename: Tingbao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Bijian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: David I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000469:parasitology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D015995:Prevalence; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*