Author(s): Sey, O., Nahhas, F. M., Uch, S. & Vang, C.
Title: Digenetic trematodes from marine fishes off the coast of Kuwait, Arabian Gulf: Fellodistomidae and some smaller families, new host and geographic records
Year: 2003
Volume: 49
Pages: 179-200.
Abstract: Nine species of digenetic trematodes are reported: Lintonium vibex (Linton, 1900) Stunkard et Nigrelli, 1930 from Lagocephalus lunaris (Tetraodontidae), Complexobursa vjetnamensis Oshmarin et Mamaev, 1963 from Terapon theraps (Teraponidae); Monascus filiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1907 (new synonyms: M. americanus Amato, 1982, M. mediolongiusculus Ding, 1993) from Selaroides leptolepis (Carangidae); Tergestia pauca Freitas et Kohn, 1965 from Alepes djedaba (Carangidae); Transverstotrema licinum Manter 1970 from Diplodus noct (Sparidae); Treptodemus latus Manter, 1961 from Hemiramphus marginatus (Hemiramphidae); Prosogonotrema bilabiatum Pérez Vigueras, 1940 from Epinephelus areolatus (Serranidae); Hexangium sigani Goto et Ozaki, 1929 from Siganus canaliculatus (Siganidae) and Diphterostomum brusinae (Stossich, 1899) Stossich, 1903 from Argyrops spinifer (Sparidae). All those species except Tergestia pauca and Hexangium sigani represent new geographic records.
Keywords: Arabian Gulf, Kuwaiti coast, marine fishes, trematodes, Digenea, Fellodistomidae, Transversotrematidae, Bivesiculidae, Prosogonotrematidae, Angiodyctiidae, Zoogonidae, Lintonium, Monascus, Complexobursa, Tergestia, Transversotrema, Treptodemus, Prosogonotrema, Hexangium, Diphterostomum
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Peregovits, L.
