A new species of Triloculotrema Kearn, 1993 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from a deep-sea shark, the blacktailed spurdog Squalus melanurus (Squaliformes: Squalidae), off New Caledonia.
Triloculotrema chisholmae n. sp. is described from three specimens collected from the nasal tissues of a deep-sea shark, the blacktailed spurdog Squalus melanurus Fourmanoir & Rivaton, caught off New Caledonia, South Pacific. The new species is distinguished from the only other and type-species of the genus, T. japanicae Kearn, 1993, by the morphology of the sclerotised male copulatory organ (shorter and straight versus curved) and shorter hamuli.
Justine
Jean-Lou
JL
Equipe Biogéographie Marine Tropicale, Unité Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution (CNRS, UPMC, MNHN, IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP A5, 98848, Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie. justine@ird.nc
D000818:Animals; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D009510:New Caledonia; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D048250:Squalus / Q000469:parasitology*