Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D.; Riutort, J.-J. (1994). Genitocotyle mediterranea n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from Symphodus ocellatus (Teleostei, Labridae) in the western mediterranean. Parasite. 1(4): 365-370.
Genitocotyle mediterranea n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from Symphodus ocellatus (Teleostei, Labridae) in the western mediterranean
Parasite
1(4): 365-370
Publication
Genitocotyle mediterranea n. sp. is reported from the intestine of Symphodus ocellatus off the western coast of Corsica (in the Scandola Nature Reserve). This is the first species of Genitocotyle to be described from European waters : other members of this genus are parasites of fishes off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. G. mediterranea can be distinguished from its congeners by the anterior limit of the vitelline fields, which is at the level of the ventral sucker, and, in the case of the Pacific species, by egg-size. This species occurs only in older fish, especially in males, during the third and final year of their life.
