Some Species of Lecithaster Lühe, 1901 (Digenea: Hemiuridae) and Related Genera from Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Authors

Robin M. Overstreet, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow

Date of this Version

4-1973

Citation

Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 92:2 (April 1973), pp. 231–240.

Comments

Copyright © 1973 American Microscopical Society; published by Wiley-Blackwell. Used by permission.

Abstract

Lecithaster helodes n. sp. is described from Mugil curema and M. cephalus. It differs from the closely related L. mugilis Yamaguti, 1970 by having four rather than three ovarian lobes and other minor differences. Discussions and measurements are presented for L. confusus Odhner, 1905, L. leiostomi Overstreet, 1970, Hysterolecitha elongata Manter, 1931, Aponurus pyriformis (Linton, 1910) n. comb., and A. elongatus Siddiqi & Cable, 1960. Branchadena Linton, 1910 is considered a synonym of Aponurus Looss, 1907. New host records are listed for some of the above hemiurid trematodes. Leurodera ocyri Travassos, Frietas & Bihrnheim, 1965 and L. inaequalis Travassos, Freitas & Biihrnheim, 1965 are considered synonyms of A. pyriformis.