Coelobothrium gambusiense n. sp. (Bothriocephalidae) was collected and described from the intestine of the freshwater fish Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard) (Poeciliidae) in Fujian Province, Peoples' Republic of China. It is the first record of Coelobothrium in China. The parasite closely resembles Coelobothrium monodi Dollfus, 1970, from Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, Cyprinidae) in Iran and Coelobothrium oitense Kugi and Matsuo, 1990, from Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, Cyprinidae) in Japan in general morphological characters, the scolex, and the incomplete proglottids. The third species of Coelobothrium is distinguished from its congeners by its much shorter strobila, presence of a neck, a bilobed ovary instead of a transversely elongated ovary, larger eggs, different final host and locality, and other morphological characters.
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August 01 2005
A NEW PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN FROM A FRESHWATER FISH, GAMBUSIA AFFINIS, IN CHINA
Wen-chuan Yang
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Wen-chuan Yang
School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China 361005. wcyang@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
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Yan-hai Wang
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Yan-hai Wang
School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China 361005. wcyang@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
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Wen-feng Peng
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Wen-feng Peng
School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China 361005. wcyang@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
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Lin Zhou
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Lin Zhou
School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China 361005. wcyang@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
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Sheng-fa Liu
Sheng-fa Liu
School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China 361005. wcyang@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
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J Parasitol (2005) 91 (4): 937–938.
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Wen-chuan Yang, Yan-hai Wang, Wen-feng Peng, Lin Zhou, Sheng-fa Liu; A NEW PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN FROM A FRESHWATER FISH, GAMBUSIA AFFINIS, IN CHINA. J Parasitol 1 August 2005; 91 (4): 937–938. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-472R2.1
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