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SUBMITTER: Porter M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176033 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Porter Megan M Barton Diane P DP Francis Nidhish N Shamsi Shokoofeh S
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20230417
Two new species of the family Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 from the gills of <i>Protonibea diacanthus</i> (Lacepède, 1802) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) off the northern Australian coast are described. Previous studies have either morphological or genetic results, whereas this study combines morphological and advanced molecular methods to provide the first detailed descriptions for species of <i>Diplectanum</i> Diesing, 1858 from Australia utilising both methodologies. Two new species, <i>Diplectanu ...[more]