Biology:Echinoplectanum
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Short description: Genus of flatworms
| Echinoplectanum | |
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| Echinoplectanum laeve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Echinoplectanum Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1] |
Echinoplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites on the gills of fish; hosts recorded to date are all groupers (Family Serranidae), including coralgroupers (genus Plectropomus) and the Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus). So far, species of Echinoplectanum have been recorded only from fish caught off Australia , New Caledonia and in the Mediterranean Sea. [1]
The type-species of the genus is Echinoplectanum laeve Justine & Euzet, 2006.[1]
Etymology
The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek plectos, "plaited, twisted", in reference to its squamodiscs, and echinos, "hedgehog", in reference to its cirral spines.
Species
Species include:
- Echinoplectanum chauvetorum Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1]
- Echinoplectanum echinophallus (Euzet & Oliver, 1965) Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1][2]
- Echinoplectanum laeve Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1]
- Echinoplectanum leopardi Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1]
- Echinoplectanum plectropomi (Young, 1969) Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1][3]
- Echinoplectanum pudicum Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1]
- Echinoplectanum rarum Justine & Euzet, 2006 [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Justine, Jean-Lou; Euzet, Louis (2006). "Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasitic on the gills of the coralgroupers Plectropomus laevis and P. leopardus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of Echinoplectanum n. g.". Systematic Parasitology 64 (3): 147–172. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9028-8. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 16786281.
- ↑ Euzet, L.; Oliver, G. (1965). "Diplectanidae (Monogenea) de Téléostéens de la Méditerranée occidentale. II. Parasites d'Epinephelus gigas (Brünnich, 1768". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 40 (5): 517–523. doi:10.1051/parasite/1965405517. ISSN 0003-4150. https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1965/05/parasite1965405p517/parasite1965405p517.html.
- ↑ Young, P. C. (2009). "Some Monogenoideans of the Family Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 from Australian Teleost Fishes". Journal of Helminthology 43 (1–2): 223–254. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00004053. ISSN 0022-149X. PMID 5381127.
Wikidata ☰ Q15720773 entry
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