Return to search

A review of the family Gyliauchenidae Ozaki, 1933 (Trematoda: Digenea) with notes on a collection from Suva, Fiji, and a description of three new species

six species of gyliauchenids are reported in this study, five in the genus Gyliauchen and one in Apharyngogyliauchen. G. pomacentri n.sp. is described from a single specimen recovered from one of one Pomacentrus philippinus, G. parapapillatus n.sp. is described from 42 specimens in one of one Siganus virgatus. Gyliauchen zancli n.sp. is described from a single specimen in one of one Zanclus cornutus. Gyliauchen nahaensis Ozaki, 1937 is redescribed from 189 specimens in one of two siganus punctatus and establishes a new locality record, and in one of one zanclas cornutus, a new host record. Gyliauchen sp. is described from two specimens of two of four Siganus spinus.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:pacific.edu/oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-3258
Date01 January 1994
CreatorsWetzel, Jeff A.
PublisherScholarly Commons
Source SetsUniversity of the Pacific
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceUniversity of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Page generated in 0.0016 seconds