Hinsinger Damien D, Justine Jean-Lou
Equipe Biogéographie Marine Tropicale, Unité Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution, (CNRS, UPMC, MNHN, IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle Calédonie.
Syst Parasitol. 2006 Feb;63(2):155-60. doi: 10.1007/s11230-005-9012-8. Epub 2006 Apr 27.
Pseudorhabdosynochus venus n. sp. is described from specimens collected from the gills of Epinephelus howlandi off Nouméa, New Caledonia, South Pacific. The male sclerotised quadriloculate organ of P. venus, 61-101 microm in internal length, has an anterior chamber with a thin anterior wall, a very short cone and a short posterior tube. The sclerotised vagina, 50-67 microm in total length, is composed of an anterior open trumpet, an S-shaped canal, a tear-shaped principal chamber and a spherical accessory chamber; all parts are heavily sclerotised. The two squamodiscs have 10-11 rows of separate rodlets and no central closed row of rodlets. P. venus is differentiated from all other species of Pseudorhabdosynochus by the spectacular morphology of its sclerotised vagina. It is the first diplectanid described from E. howlandi.
金星拟棒体吸虫新种（Pseudorhabdosynochus venus n. sp.）是根据从南太平洋新喀里多尼亚努美阿附近豪氏石斑鱼（Epinephelus howlandi）鳃上采集的标本描述的。金星拟棒体吸虫的雄性硬化四室器官，内部长度为61-101微米，有一个前壁薄的前房、一个非常短的锥体和一个短的后管。硬化阴道全长50-67微米，由一个前部开口的喇叭形、一个S形管、一个泪滴形主室和一个球形副室组成；所有部分都高度硬化。两个鳞片盘有10-11排分开的小杆，没有中央封闭的小杆排。金星拟棒体吸虫因其硬化阴道的独特形态而与拟棒体吸虫属的所有其他物种区分开来。它是从豪氏石斑鱼中描述的第一个双身虫科物种。
