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Issue: Vol. 1426 No. 1: 15 Mar. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1426.1.3
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Holorchis castex n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the painted sweet-lips Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from New Caledonia

Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Équipe Biogéographie Marine Tropicale, Unité Systématique, Adaptation, Évolution (CNRS, UPMC, MNHN, IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Digenea Lepocreadiidae <i>Holorchis</i> <i>castex</i> <b>n.</b> <b>sp. </b> Haemulidae <i>Diagramma</i> <i>pictum</i> New Caledonia

Abstract

Holorchis castex n. sp. is described from the haemulid fish Diagramma pictum off New Caledonia. It is easily distinguished from all other species in the genus in that the vitellarium reaches well into the forebody. Its relationships with members of the genera Pseudaephnidiogenes and Aephnidiogenes are also discussed. The monorchiid Lasiotocus plectorhynchi is reported from the same host.

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