| diplectanids (monogenea) parasitic on the gills of the coralgroupers plectropomus laevis and p. leopardus (perciformes, serranidae) off new caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of echinoplectanum n. g. | echinoplectanum n. g. is erected for diplectanids which have a male copulatory organ comprising a tubular sclerotised penis with a muscular reservoir at its proximal extremity and an protrusible cirrus, often with spiny ridges, at its distal extremity, and a female copulatory organ comprising a sclerotised vaginal sac, often with two thin tubes. all species have similar squamodiscs made of rows of rodlets, with the central rows forming closed circles, and haptoral parts with a similar shape but ... | 2006 | 16786281 |