Gyrodactylus eucaliae n. sp. (Trematoda: Monogenea) from the Brook Stickleback, Eucalia inconstans*

Authors

Glenn L. Hoffman, US Fish and Wildlife ServiceFollow
Francis M. Ikezaki, University of North Dakota

Date of this Version

1957

Comments

Published in Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Aug. 1957), pp. 451-455

Abstract

A new species of Gyrodactylus was observed on the skin, gills, and fins of the brook stickleback from the English Coulee, Grand Forks, North Dakota during the summers of 1953-1955. Host-specificity is usually striking in the monogenetic trematodes and since this parasite was not observed on any other species of fish from this body of water or the nearby Turtle River, it was studied in detail and is here described as a new species, G. eucaliae.