Two New Species of Gyrocotyle (Monogenea) from Hydrolagus affinis (Brito Capello) (Holocephali)

Two new species of Gyrocotyle have been found in the intestine of the deepwater chimaera Hydrolagus affinis of the northwest Atlantic. Gyrocotyle had not previously been recorded from this host species.Descriptions are provided for ♂-mature and ♀-mature specimens of Gyrocotyle major n.sp. and ♂-matu...

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Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Authors: Land, Jacob van der, Templeman, Wilfred
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f68-206
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