A revision of Lomasoma Manter 1935 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae), with new data on the type-specimens of four species and the description of L. triglae n. sp. from Chelidonichthys lucernus (L.) (Pisces: Triglidae) in the Western Mediterranean.
Type-specimens of Lomasoma wardi (Manter, 1934), L. monolenei (Manter, 1934), L. gracile (Manter, 1934) (emend.) and L. stefanskii Dollfus, 1960 were studied with special reference to the structure of their body margins and terminal genitalia. Illustrations and a partial redescription is given for each of these species. The new data obtained enabled the recognition and description of L. triglae n. sp. from the tub gurnard Chelidonichthys lucernus (L.) in the Western Mediterranean. Differences between the species of the genus are tabulated. An interpretation of the function of the muscular lobes on the margins of the body of Lomasoma spp. is presented, and comments are made on the structural homogeneity or diversity of different morphological features.
Bartoli
Pierre
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Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, UMR 6540 du CNRS, DIMAR, Campus Universitaire de Luminy, Case 901, F-13288 Marseille cédex 9, France. pierre.bartoli@com.univ-mrs.fr
Kostadinova
Aneta
A
Gibson
David I
DI
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008857:Microscopy, Interference; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*