Microphallus fonti sp. n. (Digenea: Microphaliidae) from the red swamp crawfish in southern United States

Overstreet, Robin M.; Heard, Richard W.; Lotz, Jeffrey M.

doi:10.1590/S0074-02761992000500034

Abstract

A new species of digenean, Microphallus fonti, is described from the red swamp crawfish in Lousiania, U.S.A. It has a small pharynx and a rudimentary gut like M. opacus and a possibly related species from crayfishes, but it differs from them by its relatively large male copulatory papilla and a conspicuous metraterm.

Microphallus fonti; digenean; Procambarus clarkii; crayfish

ABSTRACT

Microphallus fonti sp. n. (Digenea: Microphaliidae) from the red swamp crawfish in southern United States

Robin M. Overstreet¹

Richard W. Heard¹

Jeffrey M. Lotz¹

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Mississippi, USA

A new species of digenean, Microphallus fonti, is described from the red swamp crawfish in Lousiania, U.S.A. It has a small pharynx and a rudimentary gut like M. opacus and a possibly related species from crayfishes, but it differs from them by its relatively large male copulatory papilla and a conspicuous metraterm.

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15 June 2009
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1992

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