Characithecium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dactylogyridea
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: Monopisthocotylea Ordo: Dactylogyridea

Familia: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Characithecium
Species (9): C. bifurcuprolatum – C. chascomusense – C. chelatum – C. costaricense – C. longianchoratum – C. paranapanemense – C. quadratum – C. robustum – C. triprolatum

Name

Characithecium Mendoza-Franco, Reina & Torchin, 2009

• Type species: Cleidodiscus costaricensis Price & Bussing, 1967

References

Primary references

• Mendoza-Franco, E.F., Reina, R.G. & Torchin, M.E. 2009. Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) parasitizing the gills of Astyanax spp. (Characidae) from Panama and Southeast Mexico, a new species of Diaphorocleidus and proposal for Characithecium n. gen. Journal of Parasitology 95(1): 46–55. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Rossin, M.A. & Timi, J.T. 2014. Characithecium (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on the Neotropical fish Oligosarcus jenynsii (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Pampasic region, Argentina, with the emendation of the genus. Zootaxa 3893(3): 382–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.3.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Characithecium in the World Register of Marine Species