Microbothrium

Ota, Masato Nitta and Shogo, 2025, Two New Species of Microbothrium (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) Parasitic on Japanese Squalids (Elasmobranchii: Squaliformes), Species Diversity 30 (1), pp. 25-36 : 34

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https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.30.25

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scientific name

Microbothrium
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Key to Microbothrium View in CoL Species

1. Vaginal pore on right side of ventral body...................................... M. lepidorhini ( Guiart, 1938) View in CoL

—Vaginal pore on left side of ventral body..............2

2. Vagina sclerotized and straight.................................................. M. tolloi Brinkmann, 1952 View in CoL

—Vagina unsclerotized...............................3

3. Sclerotized tube associated with penis turning 3 times.................................... M. cirrhigalei n. sp.

—Sclerotized tube associated with penis turning 1–2 times.................................................4

4. Vagina coiled; vaginal pore at same level as genital pore............................ M. apiculatum Olsson, 1869 View in CoL

—Vagina slightly bent, not coiled; vaginal pore at posterior to genital pore..................... M. myzolepis n. sp.

Guiart, J. 1938. Trematodes parasites provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886 - 1912). Imprimerie de Monaco, Monaco, 75 pp.

Olsson, P. 1869. Nova genera parasitantia copepodorum et platyelminthium. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift. Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 6: 1 - 6, 1 pl.