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Solostamenides paucitesticulatus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Microcotylidae) from the gills of the abu mullet Liza abu (Heckel) in Atatürk Reservoir in southern Turkey is described. Among other features, the new species is easily distinguished from its three congeners, Solostamenides mugilis (Vogt, 1879), Solostamenides pseudomugilis (Hargis, 1956) and Solostamenides polyorchis Zhang & Yang, 2001, by having fewer hooks on the male copulatory organ (11 to 14), testes (5 to 9), and haptoral clamps (31 to 47).
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the following individuals for technical and facility support: Dr. Jean-Lou Justine, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, allowed the examination of MNHN specimens of Solostamenides sp.; Mr. Nurettin Altun, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, provided laboratory space for the examination of the fish hosts; and Mr. Eyüp Kayış, Yaslıca, Turkey, collected the abu mullet from Atatürk Reservoir. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Professor Louis Euzet, our friend and colleague, who first recognised the helminth described herein as a new species.
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Kritsky, D.C., Öktener, A. Solostamenides paucitesticulatus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Mazocraeidea: Microcotylidae) from the freshwater mullet Liza abu (Heckel) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from Atatürk Reservoir on the Euphrates River in southern Turkey. Syst Parasitol 91, 139–145 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9562-3
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