Lecithophyllum kitrii n. sp (Digenea : Lecithasteridae) from Australian coral reef fishes of the genus Siganus

Authors
Bray, RA Cribb, TH
Citation
Ra. Bray et Th. Cribb, Lecithophyllum kitrii n. sp (Digenea : Lecithasteridae) from Australian coral reef fishes of the genus Siganus, SYST PARAS, 50(2), 2001, pp. 143-147
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
01655752 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
143 - 147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5752(200110)50:2<143:LKNS(:>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Lecithophyllum kitrii n. sp. is described from Siganus punctatus and S. lin eatus off Heron Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It di ffers from most other species in the genus in its elongate pars prostatica and globular sinus-sac, and from all other species in having the seminal ve sicle almost always entirely in the hindbody.