Macrourimegatrema gadoma n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the doublethread grenadier Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean) (Macrouridae) in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Macrourimegatrema gadoma n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) is described from the pyloric caeca and intestine of the doublethread grenadier Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean) (Macrouridae) collected from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and off Venezuela. The new species differs from Macrourimegatrema brayi Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004, the type and only species in the genus, in the distribution of the vitelline follicles and gonads, a larger body size, and the presence of highly-folded caeca with numerous outpocketings or pouches. It is suggested that species of Macrourimegatrema Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004 probably infect their piscine hosts through the ingestion of a benthopelagic crustacean.
Blend
Charles K
CK
Department of Biology, Gordon College, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984, USA. chuck.blend@gordon.edu
Dronen
Norman O
NO
Armstrong
Howard W
HW
D000818:Animals; D017691:Caribbean Region; D002432:Cecum / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*