Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti 1940
Creators: name: Aken'Ova, Thelma
name: Cribb, Thomas
name: Bray, Rodney
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Opecoelidae
Pseudopecoeloides

description: Genus <i>Pseudopecoeloides</i> Yamaguti, 1940 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B8D615C7-F0AD-4E84-BF2C-64F7BEA66682 Species of <i>Pseudopecoeloides</i> can be divided into two morphological groups based on their sucker ratios, as follows: <b>Group A.</b> Species with the oral sucker larger than the ventral sucker: <i>P. tenuis</i> Yamaguti, 1940 from Priacanthidae and Carangidae, in the Indo-West Pacific Region and Great Australian Bight; <i>P. tenuoides</i> Martin, 1960 from Priacanthidae and Acanthuridae, off Hawaii; <i>P. boops</i> Yamaguti, 1970 from Priacanthidae and Champsodontidae, off Hawaii and Mozambique; <i>P. opelu</i> Yamaguti, 1970 from the mackerel scad <i>Decapterus macarellus</i> (Cuvier), Carangidae, off Hawaii; <i>P. parviacetabulus</i> Yamaguti, 1970 from the bigeye scad <i>Selar crumenophthalmus</i> (Bloch), Carangidae, off Hawaii; <i>P. wekeula</i> Yamaguti, 1970 from Mullidae and Chaetodontidae, off Hawaii and the Seychelles; <i>P. chloroscombri</i> (Fischthal &amp; Thomas, 1970) Bartoli, Gibson &amp; Bray, 2003 from the Atlantic bumper <i>Chloroscombrus chrysurus</i> Girard and horse mackerels <i>Trachurus</i> spp., Carangidae, Western Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic Ocean; <i>P. orientalis</i> Gupta &amp; Ahmad, 1978 from the longbarbel goatfish <i>Parupeneus macronemus</i> (Lacepède), Mullidae, Bay of Bengal; <i>P</i>. <i>puriensis</i> Ahmad, 1978 from <i>Parupeneus macronemus</i>, Mullidae, Bay of Bengal; <i>P. psettodi</i> Parukhin, 1983 from the Indian spiny turbot <i>Psettodes erumei</i> (Bloch &amp; Schneider), Psettodidae, Mozambique Channel; and <i>P. astrocongeneris</i> Shen, 1989 from the whitespotted conger <i>Conger myriaster</i> (Brevoort), Congridae, East China Sea; <i>P. dayawanensis</i> Shen &amp; Tong, 1990 from the Malabar trevally <i>Carangoides malabaricus</i> (Bloch &amp; Schneider), Carangidae, South China Sea; and <i>P. capucini</i> Toman, 1992 from <i>Pseudupeneus</i> sp., Mullidae, off Seychelles. <b>Group B.</b> Species with the oral sucker the same size as or smaller than the ventral sucker: <i>P. carangis</i> (Yamaguti, 1938) mainly from Carangidae, but also recorded in Champsodontidae, Gempylidae, Mullidae, Polynemidae, Sciaenidae and Sphyraenidae, widespread in tropical and subtropical warm waters of all oceans; <i>P. gracilis</i> Manter, 1947 from Carangidae (mainly) and Apogonidae, Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters; <i>P. akule</i> Yamaguti, 1970 from Carangidae and Champsodontidae, off Hawaii and Mozambique; <i>P. scomberi</i> Hafeezullah, 1971 from <i>Scomberoides</i> spp., Carangidae, off India and Malaysia; and <i>P. mugilis</i> Shen, 1990 from the largescale mullet <i>Liza macrolepis</i> (Smith), Mugilidae, South China Sea. <b>Comment:</b> In describing some new species, Yamaguti (1970) stated that the relative positions of the ovary and the testes were consistent and useful in the separation of species, except in contracted specimens. This view is followed here, and, in addition, the extent of the post-testicular area has been found to be a useful criterion.
description: Published as part of <i>Aken'Ova, Thelma, Cribb, Thomas &amp; Bray, Rodney, 2009, Seven species of Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti, 1940 (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from temperate marine fishes of Australia, including five new species, pp. 1-32 in ZooKeys 5 (5)</i> on page 3, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.5.54, http://zenodo.org/record/576427
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