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Moniligerum blairi n. g., n. sp. and Nudacotyle undicola n. sp. (Trematoda: Digenea) from the West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus L.

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Moniligerum n. g. is erected for Moniligerum blairi n. sp. (Opisthotrematidae) and Nudacotyle undicola n. sp. (Nudacotylidae) is described, both from the small intestine of Trichechus manatus L. from Martin County, Florida. The new genus is placed in the family Opisthotrematidae Poche, 1926, subfamily Lankatrematinae Yamaguti, 1958. Moniligerum differs from other genera in the subfamily (Lankatrema Crusz & Fernand, 1954, and Lankatrematoides Blair, 1981) by the possession of an anterior collar and in the form of the ovary (compact and not transversely elongated) and vitellarium (single median lobed mass). Nudacotyle undicola differs from N. valdevaginatus, the most similar species, in body size, the length of the caeca, the shape of the vitellarium and the position of the genital pore, cirrus pouch and ovary.

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  1. Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium, California State University, 90840, Long Beach, CA, USA

    Murray D. Dailey

  2. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 39564, Ocean Springs, MS, USA

    Wolfgang Vogelbein

  3. Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 32610, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Donald J. Forrester

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  1. Murray D. Dailey
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Supported in part by Cooperative Agreement No. 14-16-0008-1204 from the US Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Serivice. Florida Agricultural Experimental Stations Journal Series No. 3820.

Supported in part by Cooperative Agreement No. 14-16-0008-1204 from the US Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Serivice. Florida Agricultural Experimental Stations Journal Series No. 3820.

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Dailey, M.D., Vogelbein, W. & Forrester, D.J. Moniligerum blairi n. g., n. sp. and Nudacotyle undicola n. sp. (Trematoda: Digenea) from the West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus L.. Syst Parasitol 11, 159–163 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012266

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