Abstract
The monogenean gill parasites fromScyliorhinus caniculaandS. stellarisat Plymouth have been found to be identical; their proper taxonomic designation isHexabothrium appendiculatum(Kuhn, 1829) Nordmann, 1832.H. canicula(Cerfontaine, 1899) Price, 1942 is a synonym ofH. appendiculatum.The hexabothriid collected fromRaia clavataat Plymouth has been identified asRajonchocotyle emarginata(Olsson, 1876) Sproston, 1946, andR. clavataBracey (in Sproston, 1946) has been shown to be synonymous with it.
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