A new cryptic species of Aponurus Looss, 1907 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae) from Mediterranean goatfish (Teleostei: Mullidae)

0364793 - BC 2012 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Carreras-Aubets, M. - Repulles-Albelda, A. - Kostadinova, Aneta - Carrasson, M.
A new cryptic species of Aponurus Looss, 1907 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae) from Mediterranean goatfish (Teleostei: Mullidae).
Systematic Parasitology. Roč. 79, č. 2 (2011), 145-159. ISSN 0165-5752. E-ISSN 1573-5192
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC522; GA ČR GAP505/10/1562
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : N. SP DIGENEA * ALLOMETRIC GROWTH * MARINE FISHES * MULLUS-SURMULETUS * TREMATODES * MONORCHIIDAE * HEMIUROIDEA * BELIZE * ISRAEL
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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The status of the trematode Aponurus laguncula Looss, 1907 in the western Mediterranean is re-assessed by means of a comparative morphological study and rDNA sequences based on newly collected material. A. laguncula (sensu stricto) is redescribed from Trachinus draco L. and a new cryptic species of the 'A. laguncula complex', Aponurus mulli n. sp., is described on the basis of abundant material from Mullus barbatus L. (type-host) and M. surmuletus L. off the Spanish Mediterranean coasts. The variability and the allometric growth of the morphological characters in the new species were studied in detail, resulting in additional distinguishing features. Sequences of the large subunit rRNA (28S) gene (domains D1-D3) and ITS2 rRNA gene region for the new species have been submitted to GenBank in order to enhance future studies on species differentiation within the 'A. laguncula complex'.
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