MERLUCCIOTREMA-PRAECLARUM (MANTER, 1934) (DIGENEA, HEMIURIDAE) REDESCRIBED FROM MYCTOPHIFORM AND GADIFORM FISHES OF THE NORTH-ATLANTIC

Authors
BRAY RA
Citation
Ra. Bray, MERLUCCIOTREMA-PRAECLARUM (MANTER, 1934) (DIGENEA, HEMIURIDAE) REDESCRIBED FROM MYCTOPHIFORM AND GADIFORM FISHES OF THE NORTH-ATLANTIC, Systematic parasitology, 33(2), 1996, pp. 135-141
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Systematic parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01655752
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
135 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5752(1996)33:2<135:M(1(HR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Merlucciotrema praeclarum (Manter, 1934) is redescribed from the deep- sea benthic fishes Bathysaurus mollis, B. ferox and Cataetyx laticeps from various localities in the northern Atlantic Ocean. The genus is c lose to Plerurus Looss, 1907, but is retained on the basis of the pres ence of a muscular sinus-organ and, possibly, a rudimentary or degener ate sinus-sac. The subfamily Plerurinae Gibson & Bray, 1979 and the ge nus Merlucciotrema are redefined.