Monogéneos de peces. X. Especie nueva del género Capsaloides, parásitos de Tetrapturus audax de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

Abstract

A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS CAPSALOIDES (FAMILY CAPSALIDAE) IS DESCRIBED FROM THE GILLS OF THE MARLIN RAYADO TETRAPTURUS AUDAX (PHILLIPI) CAPTURED IN MAZATLAN, SINALOA, MEXICO. THE HISTORY OF THE NOMENCLATURE OF TREMATODES OF THE FAMILY CAPSALIDAE, GENUS CAPSALOIDES IS DISCUSSED AND THE TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS CAPSALOIDES IS CLARIFIED WITH THE TRANSFER OF CABALLEROCOTYLA MARIAELENAE LAMOTHE, 1968 INTO THE GENUS CAPSALOIDES AND THE FORMATION OF A NEW COMBINATION CAPSALOIDES MARIAELENAE (LAMOTHE, 1968). A KEY TO THE SPECIES IN THE GENUS CAPSALIODES IS PRESENTED.