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]
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 include:
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]
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 include: