Gibson, D. I. (1986). Podocotyle araii sp. nov. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Sebastes spp. off the coast of British Columbia, with a key to the species of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845, occurring off the Pacific coast of North America. Journal of Natural History. 20(3): 735-743.
Podocotyle araii sp. nov. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Sebastes spp. off the coast of British Columbia, with a key to the species of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845, occurring off the Pacific coast of North America
Journal of Natural History
20(3): 735-743
Publication
Podocotyle araii sp. nov., from Sebastes spp. off Vancouver Island, differs from other members of the genus in that it has the following combination of features: a slender body, a short cirrus-sac containing a seminal vesicle with a single anterior loop, a sucker ratio of 1 : > 2, and an indistinctly trilobed ovary. A key is presented to the eight species of Podocotyle recognized as occurring off the Pacific coast of North America.
