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The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. I. Pachycreadium Manter, 1954

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Problems of the systematics of the Opecoelidae in the Mediterranean region are discussed. The genus Pachycreadium Manter, 1954 is redefined and its validity commented upon. Pachycreadium carnosum (Rud., 1819) is described from Sparus pagrus and Pagellus erythrinus off Corsica (Scandola) and compared with P. gastrocotylum (Manter, 1940) and P. lerneri Sogandares-Bernal, 1959.

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Les problèmes concernant la systématique des Opécoelidés de la région méditerranéenne sont abordés. Les auteurs redéfinissent et discutent la validité du genre Pachycreadium Manter, 1954. Pachycreadium carnosum (Rudolphi, 1819) est décrit à partlr d'exemplaires parasites de Sparus pagrus et de Pagellus erythrinus des côtes de Corse (Scandola), puis comparé à P. gastrocotylum (Manter, 1940) et à P. lerneri Sogandares-Bernal, 1959.

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Bartoli, P., Gibson, D.I. & Bray, R.A. The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. I. Pachycreadium Manter, 1954. Syst Parasitol 12, 231–239 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007770

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