| 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 |