title: Lepidapedon sereti n. sp. (Digenea: Lepidapedidae) in Coelorinchus sereti (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from deep waters off Vanuatu.
abstract: Lepidapedon sereti n. sp. is described from the macrourid Coelorinchus sereti from the deep water off Vanuatu. It is placed in the Elongatum group and Elongatum subgroup. It differs from the other species described in this subgroup by the distinctly dorsally subterminal excretory pore. It also differs from other species in combinations of size, excretory vesicle length, proportions of forebody, post-testicular region and other metric features. This constitutes the first record of a Lepidapedon (sensu stricto) from the Central Western Pacific Ocean.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK, rab@nhm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Rodney A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faliex
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Allienne
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mouahid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048388:Gadiformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009514:Vanuatu