two new hemiurine species (digenea: hemiuridae) from spratelloides robustus ogilby (clupeiformes: clupeidae) off south-western australia and records of parahemiurus merus (linton, 1910) from australian and new caledonian waters. | two new species of hemiurine hemiurid are described from spratelloides robustus off woodman point in southern western australia. hemiurus lignator n. sp. differs from its congeners by a combination of similar-sized suckers, long sinus-sac, tandem testes, relatively elongate shape and unthickened seminal vesicle wall. parahemiurus xylokopos n. sp. differs from its congeners in a combination of its squat form, its distinctly lobed vitellarium and the proximity of the gonads to the ventral sucker. ... | 2005 | 15864457 |