Morphometric and molecular characterisation of specimens of Lepidapedon Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Lepidapedidae) from the deep-sea fish Mora moro (Risso) (Teleostei: Moridae) in the western Mediterranean

• Published in: Systematic Parasitology
• Main Authors: Dallarés, S., Georgieva, S. (Simona), Kostadinova, A. (Aneta), Carrasson, M., Gibson, D. I., Pérez-del-Olmo, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Northern Atlantic; Lepocrediidae Digenea; genus; Bray; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9426-7; http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0224509

In a study of the parasites of the deep-sea fish Mora moro (Risso) (Gadiformes: Moridae) off the Mediterranean coasts of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands (Spain), we were able to distinguish two morphs of specimens belonging to Lepidapedon Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Lepidapedidae). This material is...