Biology:Allogastrocotyle

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Short description: Genus of flatworms

Allogastrocotyle
Allogastrocotyle sp (Gastrocotylidae) Body (Bouguerche, Gey, Tazerouti & Justine).png
Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Gastrocotylidae
Genus: Allogastrocotyle
Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984[1]

Allogastrocotyle is a genus within the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. The only species in this genus (Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis) is parasitic upon fish.[1][2][3]

Systematics

Allogastrocotyle was established to accommodate Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis from the gills of the rough scad Trachurus lathami, and designated as the type species of the genus. [1] This genus resembles Gastrocotyle and Pseudaxine especially in having a haptor developed on one side of the body. However, it differs by the following features:

  • Two ventro-lateral vaginal pores, one on each side of the body.
  • Clamps supported by short peduncles.
  • Haptor occupying two longitudinal thirds of the body. [1]

Species

Allogastrocotyle includes one species:


References

Wikidata ☰ Q61485921 entry