A new species of Thaumatocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from Dasyatis sabina (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) off the coast of South Carolina.
Thaumatocotyle roumillati n. sp. is described from specimens collected in the nasal fossae of the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur) from the southeastern coast of the United States, off South Carolina. Thaumatocotyle roumillati is distinguished from congeners by the size and shape of its penis as well as the presence of a spinelike accessory piece associated with the penis.
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Department of Biology, College of Charleston, 58 Coming Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA. deburoni@cofc.edu
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000469:parasitology*; D013022:South Carolina; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*