Novel molecular data for monogenean parasites of sparid fishes in the Mediterranean and a molecular phylogeny of the Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879.

During a study of the monogeneans of four sparid fishes (, , and ) from the Western Mediterranean off Algeria, a large collection of parasites was characterised molecularly (28S rRNA and 1 genes). A total of 46 partial sequences (23 for each gene) were generated from 38 isolates of monogeneans which included four species (, (), and Prostatomicrocotylinae gen. sp.

Diversity, consistency, and seasonality in parasite assemblages of two sympatric marine fish Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) (Perciformes: Sparidae) off the coast of Algeria in the western Mediterranean Sea.

Various host characteristics (i. e., feeding habits, geographic distribution) and habitat characteristics (i.