Paradeontacylix kampachi, Ogawa & Egusa, 1986

Hutson, Kate S. & Whittington, Ian D., 2006, Paradeontacylix godfreyi n. sp. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the heart of wild Seriola lalandi (Perciformes: Carangidae) in southern Australia, Zootaxa 1151 (1), pp. 55-68 : 63-64

Paradeontacylix kampachi of Montero et al. (2003)

Material studied: 3 specimens of P. kampachi from S. dumerili (Carangidae) collected off Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain, generously provided by Dr Francisco Montero from the parasitological collection of the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. Specimens supplied on glass microscope slides (mounted dorsally) were measured and structures counted by us.

Infection details: see Montero et al. (1999, 2003).

Remarks

We agree with Montero et al. (2003) that these parasite specimens are representatives of P. kampachi . One specimen is in good condition allowing discrimination of the testicular field and an approximate count of the testes (Table 1). The internal features of the remaining 2 specimens are difficult to distinguish. Two specimens possess pointed, tegumental spines 9 (6–10, n = 8) long in the region where the large posterior tegumental spines are found in other Paradeontacylix species , but they were not easily distinguishable from the marginal tegumental spines. The other specimen possessed smaller pointed, triangular tegumental spines only 3 (3–6, n = 8) long in the posterior region.