Digeneans of fishes from the Adriatic Sea with a description of Lecithaster atherinae n. sp. from Atherina (Hepsetia) boyeri

A collection of whole mount preparations of digeneans was studied. The parasites were collected from several species of fishes caught in a fishing area of the South Adriatic Sea. A host-parasite list is given. Twenty species of fish were analysed and twenty-seven species of digeneans were found, twe...

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Published inParassitologia Vol. 30; no. 2-3; p. 225
Main Authors Orecchia, P, Paggi, L, Radujković, B M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.05.1988
Subjects
Animals
Female
Fishes - parasitology
Italy
Male
Trematoda - anatomy & histology
Italy
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Summary:A collection of whole mount preparations of digeneans was studied. The parasites were collected from several species of fishes caught in a fishing area of the South Adriatic Sea. A host-parasite list is given. Twenty species of fish were analysed and twenty-seven species of digeneans were found, twenty of which had previously been described in the same host, and six of which were observed in new hosts and/or localities. One digenean, hitherto undescribed, is illustrated in this paper and described as Lecithaster atherinae n.sp. The new species can be distinguished from L. bombayensis by the testes not being lobed; from L. extralobus by having four rather than five ovarian lobes; from L. indicus and L. maeoticus by the ovarian lobes not being finger-like; from L. leiostomi by having definitely smaller eggs.
ISSN:0048-2951