A revision of Plectanocotyle (Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae), with molecular barcoding of three species and the description of a new species from the streaked gurnard Chelidonichthys lastoviza off Algeria

Background The family Plectanocotylidae includes parasites of the gills of marine fish; although nine genera and about 20 species have been described, almost no molecular information is available. Putting aside Plectanocotyle elliptica Diesing, 1850, supposedly a parasite of the white perch Morone a...

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Main Authors: Zouhour El Mouna Ayadi, Fadila Tazerouti, Delphine Gey, Jean-Lou Justine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/12873.pdf