Article
A re-evaluation of diversity of the Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912 in Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn) (Perciformes: Siganidae) and associated species.
Systematic parasitology - 1 Sept 2017
Brooks Xena, Cribb Thomas H, Yong Russell Q-Y, Cutmore Scott C
Abstract excerpt
The aporocotylid fauna of the mottled spinefoot, Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn), from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, was characterised using a combined morphological and molecular approach. Four aporocotylid species were identified, three belonging to the genus Ankistromeces Nolan & Cribb, 2006 and one to Cardicola Short, 1953. Specimens of Cardicola matched an undescribed species from the same host and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
