Redescription of Pseudacanthocotyla williamsi (Price, 1938) (Monogenea) from Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792)
In the course of a parasitological survey carried out on Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Pleuronectiformes) from the eastern part of the Bering Sea (North Pacific) a single specimen of a monogenean fluke was found. The parasite, later identified as Pseudacanthocotyla williamsi (Pric...
Published in: | Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2000
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2000.30.2.09 https://doaj.org/article/c07160901a7d4bf2b11d59511deb809d |
Summary: | In the course of a parasitological survey carried out on Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Pleuronectiformes) from the eastern part of the Bering Sea (North Pacific) a single specimen of a monogenean fluke was found. The parasite, later identified as Pseudacanthocotyla williamsi (Price, 1938) Yamaguti, 1963 has never been found on a Greenland halibut. This fish species has been considered an atypical host for all monogeneans of the family Acanthocotylidae. The present work contains a detailed redescription of the parasite found. |
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