| monticellia ophisterni n. sp. (cestoda: monticelliidae) from the swamp-eel ophisternon aenigmaticum (synbranchiformes) from mexico. | monticellia ophisterni n. sp. is described from the swamp-eel ophisternon aenigmaticum rosen and greenwood (synbranchiformes: synbranchidae) from lake catemaco, veracruz, mexico. the new species is placed into monticellia because of the cortical position of the testes, ovary, and uterus. it differs from other monticellia species (with the exception of monticellia magna (rego, santos and silva, 1974)) in the position of longitudinal musculature that crosses the vitelline follicles, making them pa ... | 2001 | 11780817 |