A novel species of bothriocephalid cestode, Clestobothrium brettiae n. sp. in the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) revealed using an integrative taxonomic approach

Clestobothrium Lühe, 1899 is a genus of cestodes belonging to the order Bothriocephalidea, which infects marine fish from the Gadiformes order. Herein, a novel species of Clestobothrium is described from the intestine of the European hake Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Ionian Sea (Eas...

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Published in:	Parasitology
Main Authors:	Flavia Occhibove, Alejandro López-Verdejo, Mario Santoro
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press
Subjects:	Bothriocephalidae Eastern Mediterranean Sea fish tapeworm integrative taxonomy molecular analysis multivariate analysis new species phylogeny
Online Access:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182025100887/type/journal_article