Herbert BW ; Shaharom FM ;

Parasitol Res vol. 81 (4)   pp. 349-54, 1995

Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Selangor.

A new sanguinicolid blood fluke, Parasanguinicola vastispina, is described from sea bass Lates calcarifer cultured in Malaysia. It is distinguished by its massive armature and widely spaced genital pores, the female pore being pre-ovarian. P. vastispina inhabits the branchial arteries, dorsal aorta, mesenteric venules and renal artery of its host. No pathological effect was observed in infected fish.

Animal ;  Bass: parasitology ;  Host-Parasite Relations ;  Malaysia: epidemiology ;  Trematoda: classification: isolation & purification: physiology ;  6540 ;