Monogeneans from the southern Pacific Ocean: Polyopisthocotyleids from the Australian fishes, the subfamily Microcotylinae

Authors

W. A. Dillon
William J. Hargis Jr., Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Antonio E. Harrises

Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

1985

Series

Translation series (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) ; no. 32

Abstract

This seventh in a series of monogenetic trematodes from the Southern Pacific Ocean discusses nine species of Monogenea from Australian waters. Redescriptions are given for Microcotyle arripis Sandars, 1945, M. bassensis Murray, 1931, M. helotes Sandars, 1944, M. nemadactylus Dillon and Hargis, 1965, M. neozealanicus Dillon and Hargis, 1965, M. odacis Sandars, 1945, M. pentapodi Sandars, 1944, and M. temnodontis Sandars, 1945. New locality records are reported for all of the above. New host records are established for Microcotyle bassensis Murray, 1931 and M. neozealanicus Dillon and Hargis, 1965. Microtyle sp. from the gills of Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther) is reported.

Description

English version of the paper which first appeared in the Russian language periodical Zoological Journal (Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal) Volume 63, Number 3, pp. 348-359, Moscow, 1984.

Keywords

Platyhelminthes--Oceania.

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Recommended Citation

Dillon, W. A., Hargis, W. J., & Harrises, A. E. (1985) Monogeneans from the southern Pacific Ocean: Polyopisthocotyleids from the Australian fishes, the subfamily Microcotylinae. Translation series (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) ; no. 32. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/25