RE-DESCRIPTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SCLERODISTOMUM AEGYPTIACA (DIGENEA: SCLERODISTOMIDAE) INFECTING THE FISH BOOPS BOOPS: A NEW LOCALITY AND HOST RECORD IN EGYPT

SALEH, NESREEN S.; T, SAMIR A.

doi:10.21608/jesp.2022.257709

RE-DESCRIPTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SCLERODISTOMUM AEGYPTIACA (DIGENEA: SCLERODISTOMIDAE) INFECTING THE FISH BOOPS BOOPS: A NEW LOCALITY AND HOST RECORD IN EGYPT

Authors

NESREEN S. SALEH ¹
SAMIR A. T ²

¹ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences Al-Wahat, Benghazi University, Libya

² Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt

10.21608/jesp.2022.257709

Abstract

During the present investigation, a total of 569 fish specimens belonging to Boops boops, were
collected from 2020 from the coasts water Alexandria City, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. The collected
fishs 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 microscopic
examinations. So, this study was the re-description of Sclerodistomum aegyptiaca in new
host (Boops boops) from Alexandria coastal area. Morphological and diagnostic morphometric characterizations
showed some differences between the present species and other related species detected
previously.

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