Bray, R. A., Merrett, N. R. (1998). Prodistomum priedei n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the deepwater cardinalfish Epigonus telescopus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Systematic Parasitology. 41(1): 71-77.

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10.1023/a:1006047319921 [view]

Bray, R. A., Merrett, N. R.

1998

41(1): 71-77

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Prodistomum priedei n. sp. is described from Epigonus telescopus from the Porcupine Seabight. It differs from its closest relatives, P. waltairensis, P. hynnodi and P. alaskensis (Ward & Fillingham, 1934) n. comb. [originally Opechona], in its relatively smaller ventral sucker and smaller eggs. Other differentiating features are tabulated. Attention is drawn to the host-parasite relationship associating a lepocreadiine lepocreadiid with a perciform host, a relationship which is common in warm shallow waters but unusual in cold deep-sea conditions. This may indicate that host and parasite have colonised the deep sea simultaneously and co-evolved in that environment.

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