| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Authors: | O. M. Amin, Saoud, M. F. A., Alkuwari, K. S. R. |
| Journal: | Parasitol Int |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 171-6 |
| Date Published: | 2002 Jun |
| ISSN: | 1383-5769 |
| Keywords: | Acanthocephala, Animals, Female, Fish Diseases, Helminthiasis, Animal, Male, Perciformes, Qatar, Seawater |
| Abstract: | Neoechinorhynchus qatarensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) is described from the marine blue-barred flame parrot fish Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 in the Arabian Gulf waters off the coast of Qatar. The new species is distinguished from all other species of the genus Neoechinorhynchus by its unique reproductive system and a glandular structure associated with the proboscis receptacle in both males and females. Other uncommon features of N. qatarensis are also discussed. |
| Alternate Journal: | Parasitol. Int. |