The molecular profile of Paratrajectura longcementglandatus Amin, Heckmann et Ali, 2018 (Acanthocephala: Transvenidae) from percid fishes in the marine waters of Iran and Iraq

Amin, Heckmann et (Transvenidae) was recently described from two species of percid fishes collected from the marine territorial waters of Iraq and Iran in the Persian Gulf. The genus Amin, Heckmann et is a close relative to transvenid genera and . Morphologically, is characterised by having apical proboscis cone, long, tubular cement glands, short lemnisci, prominent roots on all proboscis hooks, subterminal female gonopore, and males with long pre-equatorial testes. Molecular studies of using 18S rDNA and genes compared with available data of members of other families of Echinorhynchida showed that is grouped with species of the genus forming a clade within the family Transvenidae.