Prosorhynchus maternus sp. n. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the Malabar grouper Epinephelus malabaricus (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia.
A new species, Prosorhynchus maternus sp. n., is described from the serranid fish Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch et Schneider) in the waters off New Caledonia. It belongs to a group of Prosorhynchus species from serranids in which the uterus is restricted to the postovarian region. Its distinguishing features include the vitellarium relatively distant from the rhynchus, the cirrus-sac relatively distant from the posterior testis, the distinctly pre-equatorial mouth and several other somatic ratios. New records of Prosorhynchus longisaccatus Durio et Manter, 1968 from Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson) and Prosorhynchoides lamprelli Bott et Cribb, 2005 from Caranx papuensis Alleyne et Macleay off New Caledonia are also included.
Bray
Rodney A
RA
Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. rab@nhm.ac.uk
Justine
Jean-Lou
JL
D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000469:parasitology*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D009510:New Caledonia; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology