A new species of Cardicola Short, 1953 (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) parasitizing the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis Quoy et Gaimard 1824, from the coasts of Mar del Plata, Argentina

BRAICOVICH, PAOLA E., ETCHEGOIN, JORGE A., TIMI, JUAN T., SARDELLA, NORMA H.

Parasitology International

Elsevier

Lugar: Tokyo; Año: 2006 vol. 55 p. 175 - 177

1383-5769

Cardicola ambrosioi n. sp. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) is described from the blood vessels of liver and gills of the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Pisces: Percophidae), from Mar del Plata, Argentina. Among the 13 known species within Cardicola Short, 1953, the new species closely resembles C. coridodacis Manter, 1954, from which it is distinguished by having a relatively shorter oesophagus, the vitellaria extending aterior to the nerve commissure, rather than to the end of anterior caeca, the female pore located closer to male pore, the latter situated medially instead of laterally and by possesing a larger Mehlis gland and a smaller seminal vesicle.