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Hadwenius tursionis (Marchi, 1873) n. comb. (Digenea, Campulidae) from the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) in the western Mediterranean
J. Antonio RagaMercedes FernándezJuan Antonio Balbuenasubject
Mediterranean seabiologyEcologyAnimal ecologyCetaceaParasitologyTaxonomy (biology)Trematodabiology.organism_classificationBottlenose dolphinDigeneaIntraspecific competitiondescription
The taxonomic position of Synthesium tursionis (Marchi, 1873) (Digenea, Campulidae) is revised, based on material from 147 worms from four bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus stranded off the Comunidad Valenciana (Spanish western Mediterranean). The species is transferred to Hadwenius, as H. tursionis n. comb., and characterised by a high length/width ratio of the body, spinose cirrus and unarmed metraterm. Synthesium, a monotypic genus, becomes a synonym of Hadwenius. The intraspecific variation of some morphological traits is briefly discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-07-01 | Systematic Parasitology |