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Balanotaeniidae fam. n. and Balanotaenia newguinensis sp. n. (Cestoidea; Caryophyllidea) from Tandanus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae) in New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. S. Mackiewicz  and
D. Blair
J. S. Mackiewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222 and Zoology Department, James Cook University of North Queensland, Queensland, Australia
D. Blair
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222 and Zoology Department, James Cook University of North Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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Abstract

Balanotaenia newguinensis sp. n. is described from Tandanus brevidorsalis from Papua New Guinea. It differs from B. bancrofti from Australia primarily in being much smaller, having the testes and vitellaria beginning at the same level, and in having the gonopore posterior to the ovarian commissure. On the basis of this new species and B. bancrofti a new family of the order Caryophyllidea is described. Unlike any of the other three families the vitellaria and testes are in the cortical parenchyma. Drawings of the new species, comparative muscle distribution within all families of the Caryophyllidea, and photographs of the inner longitudinal muscles of B. bancrofti complement the description.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 199 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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