Descriptions of digeneans from Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum) (Clupeidae) off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean, with a complete list of its helminth parasites

0375987 - BC 2013 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Marzoug, D. - Boutiba, Z. - Gibson, D. I. - Pérez-del-Olmo, A. - Kostadinova, Aneta
Descriptions of digeneans from Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum) (Clupeidae) off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean, with a complete list of its helminth parasites.
Systematic Parasitology. Roč. 81, č. 3 (2012), s. 169-186. ISSN 0165-5752. E-ISSN 1573-5192
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Keywords : Algeria * FALLAX LACEPEDE * SEA * HEMIURIDAE * ANISAKIDAE * CAUGHT * FISHES * NORTH
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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Five species of digeneans parasitic in the pilchard Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum), a little studied host, from off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean are redescribed. These are Parahemiurus merus (Linton, 1910) Manter, 1940, Aphanurus stossichii (Monticelli, 1891) Looss, 1907, Aphanurus virgula Looss, 1907, Lecithaster confususOdhner, 1905 and Pronoprymna ventricosa (Rudolphi, 1819) Poche, 1926. One of these, A. virgula, is a new record for this host. One other digenean, Hemiurus luehei Odhner, 1905, was also recorded from this host. A complete checklist of the helminth parasites of S. pilchardus throughout its distributional range, comprising 104 host-parasite records of 39 taxa, is presented.
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