Bivagina pagrosomi Murray (1931) (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea), a microcotylid infecting the gills of the gilt-head sea bream Sparus aurata (Sparidae) from the Red Sea: morphology and phylogeny

Monogenea is a class of ectoparasitic flatworms on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans parasitising only marine fishes. This work describes and taxonomically determines a microcotylid polyopisthocotylean monogenean in an important fish in S...

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Main Authors: Dajem Saad Bin, Morsy Kareem, Shati Ali, Ezzat Ahmed, El-Said Fahmy, Abdel-Gaber Rewaida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Veterinary Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2019-0053