Three species of Magnibursatus Naidenova, 1969 (Digenea: Derogenidae) from Atlantic and Black Sea marine teleosts

  • Aneta Kostadinova
  • , Anne Marie Power
  • , Mercedes Fernández
  • , Juan Antonio Balbuena
  • , Juan Antonio Raga
  • , David I. Gibson

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Abstract

Three species of Magnibursatus Naidenova, 1969 are described from marine teleosts: M. skrjabini (Vlasenko, 1931), the type species of the genus, from the gobiid Zosterisessor ophiocephalus on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast; M. bartolii sp. n. from the sparid Boops boops off the Atlantic coast of Spain; and M. minutus sp. n. from the gobiid Neogobius eurycephalus on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. M. bartolii differs from all other Magnibursatus species in its larger sinus-sac (length >250 μm, width >150 μm) and the more posterior location of testes. This species is also unusual in that it occurs in the branchial chamber and on the gills of its host. M. minutus is distinguished by the distinctly smaller dimensions of the body (length <1000 μm, width <200 μm), organs and eggs. These species are also distinguished from both M. caudofilamentosa (Reimer, 1971) and Tyrrhenia blennii Paggi et Orecchia, 1975. A key to the species of Magnibursatus is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)202-210
Number of pages9
JournalFolia Parasitologica
Volume50
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2003
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Digenea
  • Key to species
  • Magnibursatus
  • Marine fish

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