From development to taxonomy: the case of Sciaenacotyle pancerii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) in the Mediterranean meagre

• Published in: Parasitology Vol. 149; no. 13; pp. 1695 - 1701
• Main Authors: Villar-Torres, Mar, Montero, Francisco Esteban, Merella, Paolo, Garippa, Giovanni, Cherchi, Santino, Raga, Juan Antonio, Repullés-Albelda, Aigües
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Aquaculture; Asymmetry; Clamps; Developmental stages; Eggs; Fish Diseases - parasitology; Germanium; Gills - parasitology; Hooks; Infections; Larva; Larval development; Life history; Morphology; Parasites; Perciformes - parasitology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Testes; Trematoda; Uterus; Vagina; species identification; clamp pair number; Sciaenidae; haptoral asymmetry; Polyopisthocotylea; morphological variability; Aquaculture

The microcotylid Sciaenacotyle pancerii is a pathogenic monogenean infecting Argyrosomus regius, a candidate for species diversification in the Mediterranean aquaculture. Life-history stages of S. pancerii commonly co-occur in field infections, but to date, morphological data have only been provided...