Biology:Lethacotyle
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| File:Journal.pone.0079155.g002 cropped Lethacotyle fijiensis Manter & Prince, 1953, holotype body.tiff | |
| Holotype of Lethacotyle fijiensis Manter & Prince, 1953[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Protomicrocotylidae |
| Genus: | Lethacotyle Manter & Price, 1953 |
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Lethacotyle is a genus of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans, included in the family Protomicrocotylidae.
The genus includes only two species: Lethacotyle fijiensis Manter & Price, 1953
[2]
, the type-species of the genus, and Lethacotyle vera Justine, Rahmouni, Gey, Schoelinck, & Hoberg, 2013
.[1]
Both species are parasitic on the gills of jacks in the Pacific Ocean.[1][2][3][4] They are known only from three localities: off Fiji,[2] Andaman Islands,[3][4] and New Caledonia.[1]
The genus Lethacotyle is special in that its members have no clamps on their posterior attachment organ or haptor, in contrast to most polyopisthocotylean Monogenean which have clamps.[5][6] This is reflected in the etymology of the name, which, according to Manter & Price[2] is "from letha = forgetting, and cotyle = cup, and refers to the absence of clamps".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Monogenean which lost its clamps". PLOS ONE 8 (11): e79155. 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079155. PMID 24278118.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Manter, H. W. & Price, D. F. 1953: Some Monogenetic Trematodes of marine fishes from Fiji. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 20, 105-112.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ramalingam, K. 1966: A rare record of Lethacotyle (Monogenea), its post-oncomiracidial larva with observation on distribution. Current Science, 35, 101-102 PDF.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ramalingam, K. 1968: A redescription of Lethacotyle (Monogenea) and its post-oncomiracidial larva. Journal of the Madras University B, 35-36, 107-114.
- ↑ Bychowsky, B. E. (1961). Monogenetic Trematodes their systematics and phylogeny. English translation edited by W. J. Hargis Jr. Washington: American Institute of Biological Sciences Archive.org.
- ↑ Hayward, C. (2005). Monogenea Polyopisthocotylea (ectoparasitic flukes). In K. Rohde (Ed.), Marine Parasitology (pp. 55-63): CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia & CABI, Oxon, UK.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lethacotyle. |
- Parasite of the day Blog: "Lethacotyle vera"
- PLoSONE Blog: "Fish beware: a new species of parasite is discovered"
Wikidata ☰ Q15256617 entry
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