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Stephanostomum talakitok n. sp. (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from the golden trevalley, Gnathanodon speciosus (Perciformes: Carangidae), from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
| Title | Stephanostomum talakitok n. sp. (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from the golden trevalley, Gnathanodon speciosus (Perciformes: Carangidae), from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2006 |
| Authors | Bray, RA, Cribb TH |
| Journal | Zootaxa |
| Volume | 1104 |
| Pagination | 59-68 |
| Date Published | 01/2006 |
| ISSN | 1175-5334 |
| Keywords | biodiversity, parasites |
| Abstract | A new species, Stephanostomum talakitok n. sp., is described from the golden trevally Gnathanodon speciosus, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. It has 36 (34–40) circum-oral spines and the vitellarium reaches to no less than 10–17% of the hindbody length from the ventral sucker. It differs from other species of Stephanostomum with these characteristics by combinations of the gradual diminution of the circum-oral spine size to a small mid-ventral spine, the contiguous gonads with no intervening vitelline follicles, the sucker-ratio and various other ratios, including the distance between the ventral sucker and the ovary and the distance the cirrus-sac reaches into the hindbody, both as a proportion of body length. |
| URL | http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2006/2006-01.html#Zootaxa%201104 |
| Refereed Designation | Refereed |
