Ligophorus mugilinus was originally described on the flathead mullet Mugil cephalus from the Gulf of Mexico. The species was later recorded in the Mediterranean Sea on the flathead mullet and in the Caribbean Sea on the white mullet Mugil curema. After examination of the type material and additional specimens of Ligophorus from the northwest Atlantic coast, the Caribbean Sea, and the Mediterranean and Black Sea, we observed morphological differences concerning haptoral and male copulatory structures between L. mugilinus from the northwest Atlantic and the forms from the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Accordingly, the latter specimens are described as a new species, Ligophorus mediterraneus n. sp. A redescription of L. mugilinus, including new morphometric data, is also given. The morphometric analysis of the Caribbean specimens suggested that their ascription to L. mugilinus is uncertain, but additional material is needed to clarify their specific identity. The results of this study, together with previous zoogeographical evidence, indicate that flathead mullets from different seas harbor different species complexes of Ligophorus. Given the coastal habits of the host, it is suggested that open oceans could act as geographical barriers favoring speciation within disjointed flathead mullet populations.
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December 01 2005
TAXONOMIC STATUS OF LIGOPHORUS MUGILINUS (HARGIS, 1955) (MONOGENEA: ANCYROCEPHALIDAE), WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF LIGOPHORUS FROM MUGIL CEPHALUS (TELEOSTEI: MUGILIDAE) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
Volodimir Leonidovich Sarabeev;
Volodimir Leonidovich Sarabeev
Department of Biology, Zaporizhzhia State University, 66 Zhukovskogo Street, 69063 Zhaporizhzhia, Ukraine. [email protected]
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Juan Antonio Balbuena;
Juan Antonio Balbuena
Department of Biology, Zaporizhzhia State University, 66 Zhukovskogo Street, 69063 Zhaporizhzhia, Ukraine. [email protected]
* Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, P.O. Box 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
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Louis Euzet
Louis Euzet
Department of Biology, Zaporizhzhia State University, 66 Zhukovskogo Street, 69063 Zhaporizhzhia, Ukraine. [email protected]
‡ Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, Universitá de Montpellier II, 1 Quai de la Daurade, 34200 Sète, France
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J Parasitol (2005) 91 (6): 1444–1451.
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Volodimir Leonidovich Sarabeev, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Louis Euzet; TAXONOMIC STATUS OF LIGOPHORUS MUGILINUS () (MONOGENEA: ANCYROCEPHALIDAE), WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF LIGOPHORUS FROM MUGIL CEPHALUS (TELEOSTEI: MUGILIDAE) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN. J Parasitol 1 December 2005; 91 (6): 1444–1451. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-418R.1
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