Folia Parasitologica 53[1] 53-56 (2006) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2006.004

Plectanocotyle major sp. n. (Monogenea: Plectanocotylidae), a gill parasite of Chelidonichthys obscurus (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Lobna Boudaya1, Lassad Neifar1, Louis Euzet2
1 Laboratoire de Bioécologie Animale, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, BP 802, 3038, Sfax, Tunisie
2 Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, 1, Quai de la Daurade, F-34200 Sète, France

Plectanocotyle major sp. n. (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea: Plectanocotylidae) is described from Chelidonichthys obscurus (Bloch et Schneider, 1801) collected from the Mediterranean coasts (Tunisia and France). The new species is compared to Plectanocotyle gurnardi collected on Chelidonichthys gurnardus and the only other valid species in the genus Plectanocotyle. The new species differs from P. gurnardi by the clamp size (137 µm vs 64 µm for clamp length and 110 µm vs 60 µm for clamp width, respectively) and the length of the male copulatory organ (107 µm vs 144 µm, respectively). Species of the Plectanocotylidae seem to be characterized by an oioxenic specificity.

Keywords: Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae, Plectanocotyle major, Chelidonichthys obscurus, Teleostei, Triglidae, Mediterranean Sea

Received: March 17, 2005; Accepted: May 27, 2005; Published: March 1, 2006  Show citation

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Boudaya, L., Neifar, L., & Euzet, L. (2006). Plectanocotyle major sp. n. (Monogenea: Plectanocotylidae), a gill parasite of Chelidonichthys obscurus (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Folia Parasitologica, 53(1), 53-56. doi: 10.14411/fp.2006.004
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