| a new gyrodactylid (monogenea) parasitizing bay pipefish (syngnathus leptorhynchus) from the pacific coast of north america. | gyrodactylus leptorhynchi n. sp. (monogenea) is described from bay pipefish ( syngnathus leptorhynchus ) (syngnathidae) in coastal waters of southern california and british columbia, and from an outbreak of gyrodactylosis at the cabrillo marine aquarium in california. gyrodactylus leptorhynchi is morphologically similar (stout hamuli, superficial bar with no anterolateral processes, and a small, triangular membrane, similarly shaped marginal hook sickles, and a male copulatory organ [mco] with n ... | 2013 | 23088449 |
| syngnathinema californiense n. gen., n. sp. (nematoda: dracunculoidea) from the circulatory system of the bay pipefish syngnathus leptorhynchus in california. | a new dracunculoid nematode syngnathinema californiense, n. gen., n. sp., is described from gravid female parasites found inside the heart of wild-caught bay pipefish syngnathus leptorhynchus; histologically it was recorded from different sites of the host circulatory system (sinus venosus, atrium, and renal and hepatic veins). the new genus is characterized by the structure of the cephalic end (large oral aperture with a narrow peribuccal ring surrounded by 10 papillae in 2 circles, large circu ... | 2001 | 11780833 |