HADWENIUS-TURSIONIS (MARCHI, 1873) N-COMB (DIGENEA, CAMPULIDAE) FROM THE BOTTLE-NOSED-DOLPHIN TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS (MONTAGU, 1821) IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Authors
FERNANDEZ M BALBUENA JA RAGA JA
Citation
M. Fernandez et al., HADWENIUS-TURSIONIS (MARCHI, 1873) N-COMB (DIGENEA, CAMPULIDAE) FROM THE BOTTLE-NOSED-DOLPHIN TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS (MONTAGU, 1821) IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN, Systematic parasitology, 28(3), 1994, pp. 223-228
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Systematic parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01655752
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
223 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5752(1994)28:3<223:H(1N(C>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The taxonomic position of Synthesium tursionis (Marchi, 1873) (Digenea , Campulidae) is revised, based on material from 147 worms from four b ottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus stranded off the Comunidad Valen ciana (Spanish western Mediterranean). The species is transferred to H adwenius, as H. tursionis n. comb., and characterised by a high length /width ratio of the body, spinose cirrus and unarmed metraterm. Synthe sium, a monotypic genus, becomes a synonym of Hadwenius. The intraspec ific variation of some morphological traits is briefly discussed.