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Ligophorus pilengas Sarabeev & Balbuena, 2004 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) is proposed as the senior synonym of L. gussevi Miroshnichenko & Maltsev, 2004

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Ligophorus pilengas Sarabeev & Balbuena, 2004 and L. gussevi Miroshnichenko & Maltsev, 2004, both recently described as new species from the so-iuy mullet Mugil soiuy in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea, were compared. A morphometric analysis of both forms strongly suggests that they represent the same species. According to the ‘Principle of priority’, L. pilengas is proposed as a senior synonym of L. gussevi.

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This study was financed by the International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS Project No. 03-51-5998). VLS benefited from a Grant (No. SB2003-0334) from the State Secretary of Universities and Investigation of Ministry of Education and Science of Spain.

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  1. Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, PO Box 22085, 46071, Valencia, Spain

    Juan Antonio Balbuena

  2. Biodiversity and Resources Conservation, Department of Biology, Zaporizhzhia National University, 66 Zhukovskogo Street, 69063, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

    Natalia Yu. Rubtsova & Volodimir L. Sarabeev

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Balbuena, J.A., Rubtsova, N.Y. & Sarabeev, V.L. Ligophorus pilengas Sarabeev & Balbuena, 2004 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) is proposed as the senior synonym of L. gussevi Miroshnichenko & Maltsev, 2004. Syst Parasitol 63, 93–96 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-005-9000-z

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