Cardicola Short, 1953 and Braya n. gen. Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from five families of tropical Indo-Pacific fishes (
Author
Nolan, Matthew J.
m.nolan1@uq.edu.au
Author
Cribb, Thomas H.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-07-17
1265
1
1
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1265.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1265.1.1
11755334
5065510
20B57454-9E2B-493C-A046-172543590975
Cardicola
Short, 1953
emended
Diagnosis
As in
Short (1953)
and
Smith (2002)
with the following exceptions. Oral sucker present, delimited posteriorly by fine internal membrane, body constriction or both. Testis single, mostly intercaecal, may extend outside intercaecal field anteriorly, laterally or posteriorly. Male genital pore opening on dorsal surface, sinistral, before posterior end of body. Ovary irregular, medial to dextral in orientation, posterior to, abutting or slightly overlapping posterior margin of testis. Oviducal seminal receptacle present. Parasites of heart, blood vessels of kidney, liver, coelom and gills of marine fish (
Chaetodontidae
,
Cheilodactylidae
,
Kyphosidae
,
Latidae
,
Lutjanidae
,
Mugilidae
,
Odacidae
,
Sciaenidae
,
Scombridae
,
Siganidae
and
Sparidae
). Typespecies
Cardicola cardiocola
(
Manter, 1947
)
Short, 1953
.