Morphological and Molecular Characteristics of Longicollum alemniscus (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchida), with a Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Longicollum.

The acanthocephalan genus Longicollum Yamaguti, 1935 currently comprises 12 fish-parasitic species. Except for L. pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1935, the remaining 11 congeners have not been the subject of molecular phylogenetic studies. Longicollum alemniscus…

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