Neochasmus sogandaresi n. sp. (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae) from the Striped Bass in Mississippi

Authors

Robin M. Overstreet, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1-1971

Citation

Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 90:1 (January 1971), pp. 87–89.

Comments

Copyright © 1971 American Microscopical Society; published by Wiley-Blackwell. Used by permission.

Abstract

The cryptogonimid trematode Neochasmus sogandaresi n. sp. is described from the intestine and pyloric caeca of a single specimen of the striped bass Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) from the West Pascagoula River in Mississippi. The species is 1.3–1.7 mm long and has 31–37 oral spines, a sucker width ratio of 1:0.45–1:0.54, a forebody 13–18% of the body length, and an elongated muscular pad. It is compared with the five other species in the genus.