Abstract
Furcohaptor brevis n. sp. is described from the gills of Cynoglossus robustus Günther caught in the Seto Inland Sea off Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Although Furcohaptor Bijukumar & Kearn, 1996 has been assigned to the Ancyrocephalinae Bychowsky, 1937 in the Dactylogyridae Bychowsky, 1933, this genus is transferred to the Diplectaninae Monticelli, 1903 in the Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 based on both morphological and molecular data. An amended generic diagnosis is provided.
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We thank Koichiro Kawai, Tetsuya Umino, and Tomoe Hikosaka, Hiroshima University, for assistance with molecular analysis. We are also grateful to Kohei Itoh and Fumitaka Kudoh, Hiroshima University, for fish sampling.
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This study was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant (no. 15J05777 to MN).
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Nitta, M., Nagasawa, K. A new species of Furcohaptor Bijukumar & Kearn, 1996 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) parasitic on Cynoglossus robustus Günther (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae) in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, with comments on its systematic position and an amended generic diagnosis of Furcohaptor . Syst Parasitol 94, 907–913 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9747-z
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