The Zoogonidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic

The Zoogonidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic 1 I? 2IL 1 ?, 86 j * Rodney A. Bray & David I. Gibson Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London-SW7 5BD -\^ / ^i. "^. ' T I f I ._ ' . ' * jS .,'.' Synopsis 127 Introduction 128 Materials and methods . . . . .128 Systematic section 128 Family Zoogonidae . . . . . 128 Key to the subfamilies . . 128 Subfamily Zoogoninae 128 Zoogonus rubellus . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Diphterostomum brusinae . . . .... . . . . 135 Diphterostomum betencourti . . . . . 142 Diphterostomum vividum . . . . ... . . . 144 Pseudozoogonoides subaequiporus . . ....... 147 Pseudozoogonoides sp. innom. . . . 150 Zoogonoides viviparus . . . . " 151 Subfamily Lepidophyllinae . . . . 160 Lepidophyllum steenstrupi . . . 165 Lepidophyllum appyi . . . . 168 Panopula bridgeri . . . . . .' 171 Panopula spinosa 173 Brachyenteron pycnorganum . . . ..: 175 Brachyenteron campbelli . . . ..* 179 Steganodermatoides maceri . . . . -181 Neosteganoderma glandulosum . 186 Proctophantastes abyssorum . . . . . . . . . . .189 Steganoderma (Lecithostaphylus) retroflexum 193 Host-parasite list 196 Acknowledgements 198 References 198 Synopsis Keys, original descriptions, lists of synonyms, full host-records, locality data and comments on some aspects of their biology are presented for all of the zoogonid species recorded from the north-eastern Atlantic region. The species described are Zoogonus rubellus, Diphterostomum brusinae, D. betencourti, D. vividum n. comb., Pseudozoogonoides subaequiporus n. comb., Pseudozoogonoides sp. innom., Zoogonoides viviparus, Lepidophyllum steenstrupi, L. appyi sp. nov., Panopula bridgeri sp. nov., P. spinosa n. comb., Brachyenteron pycnorganum, B. campbelli sp. nov., Steganodermatoides maceri sp. nov., Neosteganoderma glandulosum, Proctophantastes abyssorum and Steganoderma (Lecithostaphylus) retroflexum. In addition, Zoogonus lasius from the north-west Atlantic is considered distinct from Z. rubellus. The new combination Proctophantastes gillissi is formed. Bull. Br. Mus. not. Hist. (Zool.) 51(2): 127-206 Issued 18 December 1986 127