Kacem, H.; Derbel, H.; Neifar, L. (2011). Hypocreadium caputvadum sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae), an intestinal parasite of the grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus (Teleostei, Balistidae) from the Gulf of Gabès, Mediterranean Sea. Acta Parasitologica. 56(3): 301-304.
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Kacem, H.; Derbel, H.; Neifar, L.
2011
Hypocreadium caputvadum sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae), an intestinal parasite of the grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus (Teleostei, Balistidae) from the Gulf of Gabès, Mediterranean Sea
Acta Parasitologica
56(3): 301-304
Publication
Hypocreadium caputvadum sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) is described from the intestine of Balistes capriscus Gmelin collected from the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia) in the southern Mediterranean Sea. This new species can be distinguished
by a combination of characteristics shared by no other described species of Hypocreadium Ozaki, 1936. These characteristics include the presence of a distinct anterior notch, the follicular vitellarium confluent
in the forebody, the presence of a muscular sphincter at the level of the anterior third of the metraterm and the size and
the position of the cirrus-sac.
