The first new species of European Ascocotyle Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) described in more than half a century.

ABSTRACT: Ascocotyle (Phagicola) trentinii n. sp. is described based on adults from experimentally infected ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) fed with metacercariae from the visceral serosa of the Mediterranean banded killifish, Aphanius fasciatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae), from coastal lagoons in northeastern Italy (Emilia-Romagna Region). The new species is placed into the subgenus Phagicola because of the presence of a single row of circumoral spines, vitelline follicles being confined between the ventral sucker and testes, and uterine loops not reaching anterior to the ventral sucker. Ascocotyle (P.) trentinii n. sp. differs from other members of the subgenus Phagicola, as well as other species of Ascocotyle<

SUBMITTER: Gustinelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9475428 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature