Derogenes-Capricorniensis, Sp-Nov (Digenea, Derogenidae), in a Blenny From Heron Island, Queensland

Abstract

A new species, Derogenes capricorniensis, is described from the intestine of the blenniid fish Salarias fasciatus from Heron I. in the southern Great Barrier Reef. It differs from all other species of Derogenes (sensu stricto) in the lack of uterine coils in the forebody.