Branchotenthes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diclybothriidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Monogenea Subclassis: Polyopisthocotylea Ordo: Diclybothriidea

Familia: Hexabothriidae
Genus: Branchotenthes
Species (2): B. octohamatus – B. robinoverstreeti

Name

Branchotenthes Bullard & Dippenaar, 2003

• Type species: Branchotenthes robinoverstreeti Bullard & Dippenaar, 2003

References

Primary references

• Bullard, S.A. & Dippenaar, S.M. 2003. Branchotenthes robinoverstreeti n. gen. and n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill filaments of the bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma (Rhynchobatidae), in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 89: 595–601. DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0595:BRNGAN]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Glennon, V., Chisholm, L.A., & Whittington, I.D. 2005. Branchotenthes octohamatus sp. n. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from the gills of the southern fiddler ray, Trygonorrhina fasciata (Rhinobatidae) in South Australia: description of adult and larva. Folia Parasitologica 52: 223–230. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.030, PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Branchotenthes in the World Register of Marine Species
• Branchotenthes – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).