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Septitrema lichae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the deep-sea kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre) (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae), off Algeria

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Septitrema lichae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae: Merizocotylinae) is described from the nasal tissue of the deep-sea kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre) (Dalatiidae) collected off Algiers, Algeria. The new genus is distinguished from the other genera in the subfamily by the number and arrangement of the loculi on the haptor having one central and seven peripheral loculi. The diagnosis of the Merizocotylinae is amended to accommodate this species and a key to the genera of the Merizocotylinae is provided. Terminology of the haptoral loculi in the Merizocotylinae and the status of some of the genera in the subfamily are also discussed.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement Technologique (DGRSDT) grant. The authors would like to thank the fishermen at the four localities for their assistance in collecting the sharks.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Environnement: Interactions et Génomes, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32, El Alia Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria

    Houda Kheddam & Fadila Tazerouti

  2. Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Saad Dahleb-Blida, BP. 270, Route de Soumaa, Blida, Algeria

    Houda Kheddam

  3. Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia

    Leslie A. Chisholm

  4. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia

    Leslie A. Chisholm

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Kheddam, H., Chisholm, L.A. & Tazerouti, F. Septitrema lichae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the deep-sea kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre) (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae), off Algeria. Syst Parasitol 97, 553–559 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09942-4

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