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- Title
Hypocreadium caputvadum sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae), an intestinal parasite of the grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus (Teleostei, Balistidae) from the Gulf of Gabès, Mediterranean Sea.
- Authors
Kacem, Hichem; Derbel, Hela; Neifar, Lassâd
- Abstract
Hypocreadium caputvadum sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) is described from the intestine of Balistes capriscus Gmelin collected from the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia) in the southern Mediterranean Sea. This new species can be distinguished by a combination of characteristics shared by no other described species of Hypocreadium Ozaki, 1936. These characteristics include the presence of a distinct anterior notch, the follicular vitellarium confluent in the forebody, the presence of a muscular sphincter at the level of the anterior third of the metraterm and the size and the position of the cirrus-sac.
- Subjects
GULF of Gabes (Tunisia); TUNISIA; DIGENEA; BALISTES; FISH parasites; BALISTIDAE
- Publication
Acta Parasitologica, 2011, Vol 56, Issue 3, p301
- ISSN
1230-2821
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2478/s11686-011-0060-8