Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Environnement: Interactions - Génomes, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32, El Alia Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algérie.
Institut Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005, Paris, France.
Syst Parasitol. 2020 Dec;97(6):827-833. doi: 10.1007/s11230-020-09948-y. Epub 2020 Nov 7.
The diclidophorid Flexophora ophidii Prost & Euzet, 1962, the type- and only species of the genus Flexophora Prost & Euzet, 1962, has never been redescribed neither reported since its original description. The latest lacked a diagnosis of the genus that remains unavailable to date. Flexophora ophidii is redescribed and illustrated based on examination of new material from the type-host Ophidion barbatum L. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) collected off the Algerian coast (new geographical record), southern Mediterranean. A diagnosis of the genus is provided.
双腔科 Flexophora 属的 Flexophora ophidii Prost & Euzet, 1962,是该属的模式种和唯一物种,自最初描述以来,从未被重新描述过,也没有被报道过。最新的 Flexophora 属的诊断仍然不可用。Flexophora ophidii 根据从阿尔及利亚沿海(新的地理记录)收集的 Ophidion barbatum L.(Ophidiiformes:Ophidiidae)的模式宿主的新材料进行了重新描述和说明。提供了属的诊断。