The Didymozoidae trematodes in the north-east Atlantic Lampris gutatus (Brünnich, 1788)

• Published in: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
• Main Author: Wierzbicka,J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 1980
• Subjects: North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP1980.10.2.03; https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/24938/; https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/24938/download/pdf/

A detailed morphological description of a species, in the literature referred to as Didymozoon tenuicolle (Rudolphi, 1819) is given, the species being transferred to a newly-erected genus Neolamprididymozoon. Differences in the parasite size relative to their location in hosts were found. Additionally, the Lampris guttatus muscles were found to contain Metadidymocystis cymbiformis Yamaguti, 1970, previously recorded only in the Pacific; the dimensions and drawings of the trematodes are given.;