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Pseudorhabdosynochus spp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of Epinephelus spp. in Brazilian waters

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Pseudorhabdosynochus sulamericanus n. sp. from the gills of Epinephelus niveatus has a reniform proximal region of the cirrus-bulb which is divided in four chambers and contains a large, round reservoir of the male accessory glands, a partly sclerotised vagina which is enclosed in a muscular funnel cap and squamodiscs with 15–16 open concentric rows of elements. P. beverleyburtonae (Oliver, 1984) is redescribed from E. marginatus with additional morphological data. These are the first reports of Pseudorhabdosynochus spp. in South American Atlantic waters, where the potentiality for the mariculture of Epinephelus spp. is currently being evaluated. Pseudorhabdosynochus hargisi (Oliver & Paperna, 1984) n. comb. is proposed for Diplectanum hargisi.

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  1. Instituto de Ci^encias Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Santa Úrsula, R. Fernando Ferrari, 75, 22.231–040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Cláudia Portes Santos

  2. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Section of Fish Diseases, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, Frederiksberg C., DK-1870, Denmark

    Kurt Buchmann

  3. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

    David I. Gibson

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Santos, C.P., Buchmann, K. & Gibson, D.I. Pseudorhabdosynochus spp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of Epinephelus spp. in Brazilian waters. Syst Parasitol 45, 145–153 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006232029426

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