%0 Journal Article %T RE-DESCRIPTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SCLERODISTOMUM AEGYPTIACA (DIGENEA: SCLERODISTOMIDAE) INFECTING THE FISH BOOPS BOOPS: A NEW LOCALITY AND HOST RECORD IN EGYPT %J Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology %I The Egyptian Society of Parasitology %Z 1110-0583 %A SALEH, NESREEN S. %A T, SAMIR A. %D 2022 %\ 08/01/2022 %V 52 %N 2 %P 349-352 %! RE-DESCRIPTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SCLERODISTOMUM AEGYPTIACA (DIGENEA: SCLERODISTOMIDAE) INFECTING THE FISH BOOPS BOOPS: A NEW LOCALITY AND HOST RECORD IN EGYPT %K alexandria %K Sclerodistomum aegyptiaca %K New locality %K New host %R 10.21608/jesp.2022.257709 %X During the present investigation, a total of 569 fish specimens belonging to Boops boops, werecollected from 2020 from the coasts water Alexandria City, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. The collectedfishs were dissected and examined for the presence of helminthes parasites. A total of 232/569 (40.83%) were found naturally infected with trematode parasites. The rate of infection was 16(6.03%) fish. The recovered parasite species were collected and identified by applying light microscopicexaminations. So, this study was the re-description of Sclerodistomum aegyptiaca in newhost (Boops boops) from Alexandria coastal area. Morphological and diagnostic morphometric characterizationsshowed some differences between the present species and other related species detectedpreviously. %U https://jesp.journals.ekb.eg/article_257709_2a076353e23740c7cfcff92344368200.pdf