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A redescription ofLepidauchen stenostoma Nicoll, 1913 (Digenea), and a reassessment of the status of the genusLepidauchen Nicoll, 1913

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The genusLepidauchen is discussed and defined. It is removed from the family Lepocreadiidae and placed in the family Acanthocolpidae based mainly on its possession of a uterine seminal receptacle. The type, and only valid species,L. stenostoma, is redescribed using material fromLabrus merula from Corsica. Material fromCoris julis andSymphodus tinca from the western Mediterranean off Marseille,L. merula from the western Mediterranean off Valencia,Diplodus annularis andLithognathus mormyrus from the Adriatic Sea off Montenegro, andArchosargus unimaculatus from Venezuela was also examined. Other nominal species are discussed, but none are considered valid within this genus.

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  1. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK

    Rodney A. Bray

  2. Laboratoire de Biologie Marine et d'Ecologie du Benthos, EP CNRS no 75, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Case 901, F-Marseille cédex 09, France

    Pierre Bartoli

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Bray, R.A., Bartoli, P. A redescription ofLepidauchen stenostoma Nicoll, 1913 (Digenea), and a reassessment of the status of the genusLepidauchen Nicoll, 1913. Syst Parasitol 33, 167–176 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531197

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