Folia Parasitologica 58[1] 35-47 (2011) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2011.004

Acanthocolpidae (Digenea) of marine fishes off New Caledonia, with the descriptions of two new species

Rodney A. Bray1, Jean-Lou Justine2,3
1 Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
2 UMR 7138 Systématique, Adaptation, Évolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57, rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
3 Aquarium des Lagons, B.P. 8185, 98807 Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie

The following acanthocolpid species are reported from New Caledonia. Acaenodera nautili sp. n. from Conger cinereus Rüppel differs from other Acaenodera species in details of the body-spination, the sucker-ratio and the bipartite seminal vesicle; Stephanostomum murielae sp. n. from Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley) differs from most species of Stephanostomum in the average of 36 circum-oral spines, the circum-oral spine rows with a ventral hiatus and the anterior extent of the vitellarium being >10% of the hindbody length from ventral sucker. The species is distinguished from the three other species with these characters in a detailed review. The other species reported are: Stephanostomum aaravi Bray et Cribb, 2003 from Lethrinus miniatus and L. rubrioperculatus; Stephanostomum ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1939) from Gnathanodon speciosus; Stephanostomum japonocasum Durio et Manter, 1969 from Cephalopholis urodeta, Epinephelus areolatus, E. chlorostigma, E. maculatus, E. retouti, Lethrinus miniatus and Variola louti; Stephanostomum uku Yamaguti, 1970 and Pleorchis uku Yamaguti, 1970 from Aprion virescens.

Keywords: Digenea, Acanthocolpidae, Acaenodera, Pleorchis, Stephanostomum, New Caledonia

Received: August 2, 2010; Accepted: October 6, 2010; Published: March 1, 2011  Show citation

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Bray, R.A., & Justine, J. (2011). Acanthocolpidae (Digenea) of marine fishes off New Caledonia, with the descriptions of two new species. Folia Parasitologica, 58(1), 35-47. doi: 10.14411/fp.2011.004
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