THE OPECOELIDAE (DIGENEA) OF SPARID FISHES OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN .6. A REDESCRIPTION OF MACVICARIA-MORMYRI (STOSSICH, 1885) N-COMB AND A KEY TO THE OPECOELIDS FROM WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SPARIDS

Authors
BARTOLI P GIBSON DI BRAY RA
Citation
P. Bartoli et al., THE OPECOELIDAE (DIGENEA) OF SPARID FISHES OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN .6. A REDESCRIPTION OF MACVICARIA-MORMYRI (STOSSICH, 1885) N-COMB AND A KEY TO THE OPECOELIDS FROM WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SPARIDS, Systematic parasitology, 26(1), 1993, pp. 59-67
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Systematic parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01655752
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
59 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5752(1993)26:1<59:TO(OSF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Distomum mormyri Stossich, 1895, is redescribed from the intestine of Lithognathus mormyrus L. in the western Mediterranean. This descriptio n is justified by the inadequacy, by modern standards, of the original description which was based on only two specimens. D. mormyri has rar ely been found subsequently. Following a careful search, several speci mens were recovered, permitting the allocation of this species to the genus Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982 as M. mormyri n. comb. A key to t he opecoelid parasites of sparids in the western Mediterranean, with a list of their hosts, is included.