A new species of Heterocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae), a gill parasite of the diamond stingray Hypanus dipterurus (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Peruvian coastal zone.

Jhon D CheroCelso L CrucesGloria SáezCláudia Portes SantosJosé Luis Luque

Published in: Acta parasitologica (2020)

This is the first report of a member of Heterocotyle Scott, 1904 in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. The present finding brings to 20 the number of known species of Heterocotyle, and represents the fifth described monogenean species from Hypanus dipterurus.

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