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Redescriptions of Aphanurus stossichii (Monticelli, 1891) and A. virgula Looss, 1907 (Digenea: Hemiuridae)

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Aphanurus stossichii (Monticelli, 1891) is redescribed from Boops boops (L.) from various localities in the NE Atlantic region (off Spain), the Mediterranean (off Spain and Turkey) and the Black Sea (off Bulgaria). The material from the Atlantic coast of Spain showed differences in egg-size and shape and a characteristic ornamentation of the anterior third of the hermaphroditic duct. A comparison with samples from B. boops collected off Antalya (Turkey) and off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast revealed a considerable size variation and confirmed the presence of tubercles in the terminal part of the hermaphroditic duct. A. virgula Looss, 1907, previously considered a synonym of A. stossichii, is redescribed on the basis of voucher material from Engraulis encrasicolus ponticus Alexandrov collected off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and previously identifed as A. stossichii. A. virgula can be distinguished from A. stossichii by its smaller size and substantially lower range limits for all metrical features, the more posterior position of the base of sinus-sac, and the eggs being less numerous and larger in relation to the size of the body and gonads.

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  1. Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, PO Box 22 085, 46071, Valencia, Spain

    Aneta Kostadinova, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Francisco E. Montero & Juan Antonio Raga

  2. Department of Biodiversity, Central Laboratory of General Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Aneta Kostadinova

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

    David I. Gibson

  4. Marine Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ecology & Plant Science, University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland

    Anne Marie Power

  5. Mustafakemalpasa Vocational School, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

    Ali Aydogdu

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Kostadinova, A., Gibson, D.I., Balbuena, J.A. et al. Redescriptions of Aphanurus stossichii (Monticelli, 1891) and A. virgula Looss, 1907 (Digenea: Hemiuridae). Syst Parasitol 58, 175–184 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SYPA.0000032928.22470.9e

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