Redescription of Pseudogilquinia pillersi (Southwell, 1929) (Cestoda,Trypanorhyncha) from serranid and lethrinid fishes from New Caledonia and Australia
Pseudogilquinia pillersi (Southwell, 1929), a poorly known species oftrypanorhynch, is redescribed from plerocerci collected from Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1922),Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch et Schneider, 1801) (Serranidae) and Plectropomus laevis (Lacepede,1801) (Serranidae) off New Caledonia. These were compared with specimens from Lethrinus atkinsoniSeale, 1910 and Lethrinus miniatus (Forster, 1801) (Lethrinidae) off the north-east coast ofAustralia as well as syntypes from Protonibea diacantha (Lacepede, 1802) from Sri Lanka. Althoughsize differences were found in parts of the scolex as well as in the sizes of the tentacular hooks,the hook arrangements were identical in all specimens. The differences observed were attributedprovisionally to intra-specific variation across a wide geographic and host range.
Beveridge, I Chauvet, C Justine, JL
Univ Melbourne, Ctr Vet Clin, Dept Vet Sci, Werribee, Vic 3030, Australia;Univ Nouvelle Caledonie, Lab Etud Resources Vivantes& Environm Marin, Noumea 98847, New Caledonia;Inst Res Pour Dev, UniteSystemat Adapt Evolut, CNRS,UPMC,MNHN,IRD, Noumea 98848, New Caledonia
Cestoda Trypanorhyncha Pseudogilquinia pillersi redescription fishes NewCaledonia Australia
