| identification of a host-associated species complex using molecular and morphometric analyses, with the description of gyrodactylus rugiensoides n. sp. (gyrodactylidae, monogenea). | gyrodactylus rugiensis was originally described as a parasite occurring on the marine gobies pomatoschistus minutus and pomatoschistus microps. in our preliminary survey this species was also frequently found on pomatoschistus pictus and pomatoschistus lozanoi. subsequent molecular analysis of the internal transcribed spacers rdna region revealed that this parasite actually represents a complex of two apparently cryptic species, one restricted to p. microps and the other shared by p. minutus, p. ... | 2002 | 12062562 |
| gyrodactylus salinae n. sp. (platyhelminthes: monogenea) infecting the south european toothcarp aphanius fasciatus (valenciennes) (teleostei, cyprinodontidae) from a hypersaline environment in italy. | historically, non-native species of gambusia (poeciliidae) have been used to control larval stages of the asian tiger mosquito, stegomyia albopicta reinert, harbach et kitching, 2004 throughout italy. the potential utility of indigenous populations of aphanius fasciatus (valenciennes) (teleostei: cyprinodontidae) as an appropriate alternative biological control is currently being explored. a sub-sample of ten fish collected from cervia saline, italy (salinity 65 ppt; 30°c) to assess their reprod ... | 2011 | 21658217 |