Folia Parasitologica 47[2] 100-104 (2000) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.021

Heliocotyle ewingi sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of Myliobatis australis (Myliobatididae) from Tasmania, Australia

Leslie A. Chisholm, Ian D. Whittington
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia

Heliocotyle ewingi sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) is described from the gills of Myliobatis australis Macleay, 1881 (Myliobatididae) collected from Norfolk Bay near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Heliocotyle ewingi can be distinguished readily from the only other species in the genus, Heliocotyle kartasi Neifar, Euzet et Ben Hassine, 1999, by the presence of a single pseudoseptum on each of the peripheral loculi except the posteriormost, eyespots and by the morphology of the male copulatory organ which is a short, straight sclerotised tube which lacks a sclerotised accessory piece. The generic diagnosis is revised to accommodate the new species and the anterior glands are discussed.

Keywords: Monogenea, Monocotylidae, Heterocotylinae, Heliocotyle ewingi, Myliobatididae, Myliobatis australis, Australia

Received: June 29, 1999; Accepted: October 21, 1999; Published: June 1, 2000  Show citation

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Chisholm, L.A., & Whittington, I.D. (2000). Heliocotyle ewingi sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of Myliobatis australis (Myliobatididae) from Tasmania, Australia. Folia Parasitologica, 47(2), 100-104. doi: 10.14411/fp.2000.021
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