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Two new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Taeniura meyeni (Dasyatidae) and Aetobatus narinari (Myliobatidae) from aquaria in Queensland, Australia

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Dendromonocotyle pipinna n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) is described from the dorsal skin surface of Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle from a public aquarium in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. D. torosa n. sp. was found on the dorsal skin surface of a heavily infected specimen of Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen) during a post-mortem at the Mooloolaba aquarium and on a specimen of A. narinari kept in an aquarium in Cairns. Both of these new Dendromonocotyle species are distinguished from each other and others in the genus by the morphology of the terminal papillary sclerite and the male copulatory organ.

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  1. Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

    Leslie A. Chisholm & Ian D. Whittington

  2. Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia

    Ian D. Whittington

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Chisholm, L.A., Whittington, I.D. Two new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Taeniura meyeni (Dasyatidae) and Aetobatus narinari (Myliobatidae) from aquaria in Queensland, Australia. Syst Parasitol 57, 221–228 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SYPA.0000019085.44664.6d

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