Bray, R. A., Cribb, T. H., & Littlewood, D. T. (2012). Sasala nolani gen. n., sp n.(Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from the body-cavity of the guineafowl puffer fish Arothron meleagris (Lacepede)(Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from off Moorea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa. 3334: 29-41.
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Bray, R. A., Cribb, T. H., & Littlewood, D. T.
2012
Sasala nolani gen. n., sp n.(Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from the body-cavity of the guineafowl puffer fish Arothron meleagris (Lacepede)(Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from off Moorea, French Polynesia.
Zootaxa
3334: 29-41
Publication
The aporocotylid new genus and species Sasala nolani is described from the body-cavity of the guineafowl puffer fish Arothron meleagris from off Moorea, French Polynesia. Sasala is distinguished by the combination of having an auxiliary seminal vesicle, a tiny oral sucker, the single inter- and post-caecal testis, the post-ovarian uterus and the relatively short posterior caeca. Sasala nolani ssrDNA and lsrDNA sequences have been used to infer its phylogenetic relationships with some other aporocotylids, showing a particularly close relationship with 'Paradeontocylix' sinensis. A short comment on the accumulation of eggs in the host gut wall is included, suggesting that the eggs remain in the gut wall after the adult worm infection is passed.