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Lepidapedon sereti n. sp. (Digenea: Lepidapedidae) in Coelorinchus sereti (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from deep waters off Vanuatu

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Lepidapedon sereti n. sp. is described from the macrourid Coelorinchus sereti from the deep water off Vanuatu. It is placed in the Elongatum group and Elongatum subgroup. It differs from the other species described in this subgroup by the distinctly dorsally subterminal excretory pore. It also differs from other species in combinations of size, excretory vesicle length, proportions of forebody, post-testicular region and other metric features. This constitutes the first record of a Lepidapedon (sensu stricto) from the Central Western Pacific Ocean.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to B. Richer de Forges (IRD, Nouméa, New Caledonia), Bernard Séret (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris France), and the crew members of the NO Alis for their help in collecting and/or identifying the fish species.

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK

    Rodney A. Bray

  2. Université de Perpignan, Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France

    Elisabeth Faliex, Jean François Allienne & Gabriel Mouahid

  3. UMR 5110, CEFREM, CNRS, 52, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France

    Elisabeth Faliex

  4. UMR 5244, Ecologie et Evolution des Interactions, CNRS, 52, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France

    Jean François Allienne

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Bray, R.A., Faliex, E., Allienne, J.F. et al. Lepidapedon sereti n. sp. (Digenea: Lepidapedidae) in Coelorinchus sereti (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from deep waters off Vanuatu. Parasitol Res 112, 3981–3989 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3642-6

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