Acta Parasitologica, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2007,
305–309.
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-007-0052-x
Faïza Amine (1), Louis Euzet (2)* and Nadia Kechemir-Issad (1)
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Lamellodiscus theroni sp. nov. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae), a gill parasite from Diplodus puntazzo (Teleostei, Sparidae) from the Mediterranean Sea
(1) Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, U.S.T.H.B., BP 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algérie; (2) Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, 1 quai de la Daurade, 34200 Sète, France
*Corresponding author:
euzet@univ-montp2.fr
ABSTRACT
We propose to name as Lamellodiscus theroni sp. nov., the gill parasite of Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti) that was reported by Euzet (1984)
as L. ergensi Euzet and Oliver, 1966 in Kerkennah Island (Tunisia). L. theroni sp. nov. was also found specific to D. puntazzo
in Algiers Bay (Algeria) and in Gulf of Lion (France). The host specificity of various Lamellodiscus species on D. puntazzo is briefly discussed.
Within Lamellodiscus, L. theroni belongs to the "ignoratus" group characterized by a "lyre" shaped male copulatory organ and to the "ergensi" subgroup,
characterized by a complex morphology of the haptoral dorsal bars. L. theroni differs from the five other species of this subgroup (L. ergensi, L. kechemirae, L. tomentosus, L. sanfilippoi, L. baeri)
by the morphology and the size of the haptoral dorsal bar. L. theroni, as well as, L. hilii, L. bidens, L. impervius, was only reported on the sparid Diplodus puntazzo. These parasite species are all considered as oioxenic.
KEY WORDS:
Monogenea, Diplectanidae, Lamellodiscus theroni sp. nov., Sparidae, Diplodus puntazzo, Mediterranean Sea