A redescription of Homalometron senegalense Fischthal & Thomas, 1972 (Digenea : Apocreadiidae) from Synaptura kleinii (Teleostei) of the western Mediterranean
P. Bartoli et al., A redescription of Homalometron senegalense Fischthal & Thomas, 1972 (Digenea : Apocreadiidae) from Synaptura kleinii (Teleostei) of the western Mediterranean, SYST PARAS, 50(2), 2001, pp. 135-141
The apocreadiid digenean Homalometron senegalense is redescribed from the s
oleid fish Synaptura kleinii from off Corsica in the western Mediterranean.
For the first time, lymphatic vessels are described for this species, and
the implications of this in the systematics of the Apocreadiidae discussed.
This species is considered closest to H. galaicus and H. wrightae, both al
so reported from soleid hosts. The concept of Apocreadiidae espoused is tha
t most recently developed by Cribb & Bray (1999).