title: A revision of the haploporinae nicoll, 1914 (digenea: haploporidae) from mullets (mugilidae): Saccocoelium Looss, 1902.
abstract: Saccocoelium Looss, 1902 is revised and a key to its recognised species is presented. S. obesum Looss, 1902 (type-species) and S. tensum Looss, 1902 are redescribed based on material from Liza spp. (Pisces: Mugilidae) in Spanish Mediterranean and, in the case of the former, Bulgarian Black Sea waters. Two new species, S. cephali n. sp. and S. currani n. sp., are described from Mugil cephalus L. in Spanish Mediterranean waters. S. gohari Ramadan, Saoud, Ashour & Mansour, 1989b is recognised and commented upon. Lecithobotrys helmymohamedi Ramadan, Saoud, Ashour & Mansour, 1989a, S. portsaidensis El-Shahawi, El-Gindy, Imam & Al-Bassel, 1992, S. saoudi El-Shahawi, El-Gindy, Imam & Al-Bassel, 1992, Neosaccocoelium aegyptiacus El-Shahawi, El-Gindy, Imam & Al-Bassel, 1992 are considered to be synonyms of S. tensum and Neosaccocoelium El-Shahawi, El-Gindy, Imam & Al-Bassel, 1992 a synonym of Saccocoelium. S. obesum, S. tensum and the two new species are compared morphometrically and distinguished by univariate and multivariate analyses. Lecithobotrys mugilis Rekharani & Madhavi, 1985 is transferred to Unisaccus Martin, 1973 as U. mugilis (Rekharani & Madhavi, 1985) n. comb., and Lecithobotrys sprenti Martin, 1973 [= Saccocoelium sprenti (Martin, 1973) Overstreet & Curran, 2005] is transferred to Unisaccus as U. sprenti (Martin, 1973) n. comb. S. megasacculum Liu, Wang, Peng, Yu & Yang, 2004 is transferred to Elliptobursa Wu, Lu & Zhu, 1996 as E. megasacculum (Liu, Wang, Peng, Yu & Yang, 2004) n. comb. S. tripathi Dutta, 1995 (syn. Saccocoelium tripathi Datta & Manna, 1998) is considered to be a species inquirenda.
authors.affiliation: Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, P.O. Box 22 085, 46071, Valencia, Spain. M.Isabel.Blasco@uv.es
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blasco-Costa
authors.forename: Francisco E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.forename: David I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Balbuena
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Raga
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kostadinova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002031:Bulgaria; D008853:Microscopy; D012623:Seawater; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification