Abstract
Two species ofCoitocaecum Nicoll, 1915,C. gymnophallum Nicoll, 1915 andC. michaeli n. sp., are recorded, described and figured from the intestine ofAcanthopagrus australis from Moreton Bay, off south east Queensland. The holotype ofC. gymnophallum Nicoll, 1915 is examined, measured and figured for comparison.C. glandulosum Yamaguti, 1934 andC. robustum Wang, 1984 are reduced to synonymy withC. gymnophallum. The host specificity ofCoitocaecum spp. is discussed.
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Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. Two species ofCoitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Syst Parasitol 33, 217–224 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531203
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