title: A Description of Lecithocladium angustiovum (Digenea: Hemiuridae) in Short Mackerel, Rastrelliger brachysoma (Scombridae), of Indonesia.
abstract: Lecithocladium angustiovum is identified from the stomach (87.33%) and the intestine (12.67%) of Indonesian short mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma). The description includes an elongated body; a mean total length of 1018.84 µm; and an ecsoma of 47.52% of the total length. The oral and ventral sucker ratio is 1:0.63, and the pharynx length is 97.42 µm. The sequence results were obtained by 18s rDNA gene sequencing of the 354 basepair (bp) DNA segment, and the mean base composition (%) was 17.7 A; 35.7 T; 29.6 G; and 17.1 C. A phylogenetic tree was constructed to demonstrate the genetic distance between L. angustiovum and sequences from Lecithocladium excisum, Dinurus longisinus, Plerurus digitatus and Lecithochirium caesionis obtained from GenBank.
authors: Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, Serang 42124, Indonesia.
authors: Forcep Rio
authors: FR
authors: Indaryanto
authors: Department of Biology and Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.
authors: Muhamad Fadry
authors: MF
authors: Abdullah
authors: Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia.
authors: Yusli
authors: Y
authors: Wardiatno
authors: Department of Animal Diseases and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia.
authors: Risa
authors: R
authors: Tiuria
authors: Department of Biology and Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Imai
keywords: Helminth parasitic; Indonesia; Lecithocladium angustiovum; Rastrelliger brachysoma