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Polycliphora nezumiae gen. et sp. nov. (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) a gill parasite of Nezumia aequalis (Macrouridae) from Senegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Monique Lambert  and
Louis Euzet
Monique Lambert
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Comparée Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Place E. Bataillon, 34060 Montpellier cedex, France
Louis Euzet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Comparée Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Place E. Bataillon, 34060 Montpellier cedex, France
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Summary

The diagnosis of the genus Polycliphora gen. nov. is based on the large number of haptoral clamps and on their skeleton. The systematic position of the parasite is discussed. Among the Diclidophoridae, Polycliphora nezumiae gen. et sp. nov., becomes the type of a new sub-family.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , June 1980 , pp. 413 - 417
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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