Monogenean parasitic on marine fishes from Perú and Chile: three new species and two new combinations

Abstract

Five species of monogeneans collected from marine fishes of the Pacific coast of Chile and Peru were studied. Three of them are new species: Interniloculus chilensis n. sp. (Capsalidae), Neoheterobothrium insularis n. sp. (Diclidophoridae) and Loxura peruensis n. sp. (Axinidae) parasitic on Sebastes capensis (Scorpaenidae), Paralichthys sp. (Bothiidae) and Belone scapularis (Belonidae), respectively. Two new combinations are proposed, Intracotyle neghmei (Microcotylidae) for Neobivagina neghmei Villalba, 1987 and Hargicotyle conceptionensis (Diclidophoridae) for Choricotyle conceptionensis Villalba, 1987