Title |
Species of Calydiscoides Young, 1969 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from lethrinid fishes, with the redescription of all of the type-specimens and the description of C. euzeti n. sp. from Lethrinus rubrioperculatus and L. xanthochilus off New Caledonia
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Published in |
Systematic Parasitology, April 2007
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DOI | 10.1007/s11230-006-9087-x |
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Authors |
Jean-Lou Justine |
Abstract |
Type-specimens of all known species of Calydiscoides Young, 1969 from lethrinids, namely C. australis Young, 1969 (type-species), C. difficilis (Yamaguti, 1953) Young, 1969, C. duplicostatus (Yamaguti, 1953) Young, 1969, C. rohdei Oliver, 1984 and C. gussevi Oliver, 1984, were re-examined; the male copulatory organs (MCO) of the type-specimens are figured for comparison. Two groups are distinguished within Calydiscoides: the 'difficilis' group, with a massive MCO (C. difficilis and C. rohdei), and the 'australis' group, with a branched MCO (C. australis, C. duplicostatus and C. gussevi). Species of Calydiscoides were found in seven species of Lethrinus (Lethrinidae) off New Caledonia, South Pacific. C. australis and C. gussevi from L. miniatus, their type-host, and C. rohdei from L. atkinsoni, its type-host, are re-described from New Caledonian specimens; all were previously known only from off eastern Australia and are new geographical records for New Caledonia. C. euzeti n. sp. is described from specimens collected from L. rubrioperculatus (type-host) and L. xanthochilus off New Caledonia. Specimens from the two hosts have slightly different measurements of the haptoral hard-parts but a similar morphology of the MCO. The new species belongs to the 'australis' group and is characterised by its MCO, which is 70-83 mum in length, elongate in shape with a characteristic anterior curved whip. |
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