title: The first record of Gyrodactylus corleonis Paladini, Cable, Fioravanti, Faria & Shinn, 2010 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from the wild.
abstract: Specimens of Gyrodactylus corleonis Paladini, Cable, Fioravanti, Faria & Shinn, 2010 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) were collected from the body and fins of Gobius cobitis Pallas in the western Mediterranean Sea off northwestern Sardinia. This is the first finding of this species in the wild and also represents a new host record. A morphological comparison of the new material with the type description of G. corleonis is presented. Since G. corleonis was found in the wild on representatives of the Gobiidae, a comparison with species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 parasitising gobies is included. The occurrence of G. corleonis on different host species and its phylogenetic relationships with gyrodactylids from sand gobies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecological Parasitology, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, 2, Nakhimov Ave., 299011, Sevastopol, Crimea, evadmitr@optima.com.ua.
authors.forename: Evgenija V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Dmitrieva
authors.forename: Pavel I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Gerasev
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garippa
authors.forename: M Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Piras
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Merella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007558:Italy; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure