Megenteron manteri n. sp. and Steringophorus sp. (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from Monomitopus agassizzi (Ophidiidae) in the Gulf of Mexico. Academic Article

abstract

• During a study of digenean parasites of deep-sea fishes, 81% (17 of 21) of Monomitopus agassizzi (Ophidiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico were infected with Megenteron manteri n. sp. and 10% (2 of 21) were infected with what appears to be a new species of Steringophorus. M. manteri n. sp. differs from M. crassum in having a longer body (3,733-9,394 microns), shorter caeca and a uterus that extends posteriorly beyond the ends of the caeca. The species of Steringophorus differs from other species in the genus in having smaller eggs (19-23 microns long) and caeca that extend into the posterior half of the hindbody.

authors

• Dronen, Norman

published proceedings

• Syst Parasitol

author list (cited authors)

• Harris, C. E., & Dronen, N. O.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Harris, CE||Dronen, NO

publication date

• January 1999

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Systematic Parasitology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Atlantic Ocean
• Fishes
• Texas
• Trematoda

PubMed Central ID

• 10619083

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1023/a:1006207928399

start page

• 153

end page

• 156

volume

• 44

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1006207928399