Redescription of Ligophorus mediterraneus Sarabeev, Balbuena & Euzet, 2005 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) with some methodological notes

A redescription of Ligophorus mediterraneus Sarabeev, Balbuena & Euzet, 2005, based on original material from the Black and Mediterranean Seas, is presented and new diagnostic characters for its recognition are proposed. The unlikely wide range of variation in the angle between the shaft and poi...

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Published inSystematic parasitology Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 95 - 105
Main Authors Dmitrieva, Evgenija V, Gerasev, Pavel I, Merella, Paolo, Pugachev, Oleg N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.06.2009
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agriculture
Ancyrocephalidae
Animal Anatomy
Animal Ecology
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Histology
Life Sciences
Ligophorus
Monogenea
Morphology
Parasitology - methods
Platyhelminths - anatomy & histology
Platyhelminths - classification
Platyhelminths - isolation & purification
Seawater - parasitology
Zoology
MED
Anterior Process
Copulatory Organ
Median Process
Accessory Piece
Ventral View
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Summary:A redescription of Ligophorus mediterraneus Sarabeev, Balbuena & Euzet, 2005, based on original material from the Black and Mediterranean Seas, is presented and new diagnostic characters for its recognition are proposed. The unlikely wide range of variation in the angle between the shaft and point of the anchors, reported for this species and for some others in the genus, is analysed, and the structure of the ventral bar in Ligophorus spp. is described and its taxonomic significance discussed.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-9177-7
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ISSN:0165-5752
1573-5192
DOI:10.1007/s11230-009-9177-7