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Institute of Marine Science, The University of Texas, Port Aransas, Published 1955; offprint reprinted from Institute of Marine Science, Vol. IV, No. 1, September 1955. Wraps, pp. [253]-278; 26 cm; staple bound; illustrated at the rear with 49 numbered figures across four plates of trematode anatomy (line drawings of haptors, hooks, eggs, and internal anatomy).
In Good condition. Pale blue paper covers have a few small nicks and light creasing along the edges, with mild shelf wear and light soiling overall, and "00299" stamped in the top corner of the front cover (consistent with a private collector's accession number; no library or other ownership marks). Binding tight. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the inside of the front cover, "With the best compliments of the author / K.J. Koratha" (a standard authorial offprint inscription, not personalized to a specific recipient). Pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked.[From introduction] This paper is the second of a series on monogenetic trematodes of the Texas Coast. It is the result of a survey conducted during the summer months of June, July, and August of 1952 on 327 marine fishes belonging to forty different species. Some of these were caught by sports fishermen from Port Aransas, others were brought by commercial fishermen several miles away from Port Aransas and from different parts of the coast-line in Texas. The survey work was done from the Institute of Marine Science of The University of Texas, Port Aransas, Texas. Given below are descriptions of fourteen species of monogenea, eight of which are new, four were previously described, and two are new combinations of old species. Redescriptions of old species are given because many of the old descriptions are not complete, being based on only one or two specimens, or poorly fixed and stained materials. The taxonomic position of each parasite is indicated before the description. At the end of the description of each parasite there is a short discussion regarding its relationship to closely allied species if any, and the distribution of the species and genus in the Gulf of Mexico, in North America, or elsewhere.A portion of Koratha's 1953 master's thesis at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, supervised by Prof. Sewell H. Hopkins; at publication the author was at the Department of Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles. The offprint contains the original type descriptions of eight new species of monogenetic trematodes from Gulf-coast marine fishes, making it the type-locality reference cited by subsequent literature on those names.