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Mycteronastes undulatae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal cavities of Raja undulata in the eastern Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. C. Kearn  and
M. Beverley-Burton
G. C. Kearn
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
M. Beverley-Burton
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, NIG 2WI
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Mycteronastes undulatae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) is described from the nasal cavities of Raja undulata caught off Arcachon in France and off Lisbon (Tagus estuary) and Sines in Portugal. Merizocotyle icopae Beverley-Burton & Williams, 1989, be-comes Mycteronastes icopae n. comb., the type species of Mycteronastes gen. nov. Similarities between M. icopae and M. undulatae include the arrangement of the haptor loculi and hooks, the general disposition of the reproductive system, the presence of eyespots and the habitat (the nasal cavities of the host). However, a distinctive feature is the absence of a copulatory sclerite and bulb in M. undulatae. The diagnoses of the following taxa are amended: Monocotylidae, Merizocotylinae and Merizocotyle.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , November 1990 , pp. 747 - 753
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1990

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