Echinoplectanum plectropomi

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: Diplectanidae
Subfamilia: Diplectaninae
Genus: Echinoplectanum
Species: Echinoplectanum plectropomi

Name

• Echinoplectanum plectropomi (Young, 1969) Justine & Euzet, 2006
• Type-host: Plectropomus maculatus (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type-locality: Off Heron Island, Queensland, Eastern Australia
• Habitat: gills

Synonyms

• Cycloplectanum plectropomi (Young, 1969) Oliver, 1968
• Diplectanum plectropomi Young, 1969

References

Original description:

• Young, P. C.; 1969: Some monogenoideans of the family Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 from Australian teleost fishes. Journal of Helminthology, 43, 223–254. Abstract

Current combination:

• Justine, J.-L. & Euzet, L.; 2006: Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasite on 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, 147-172. Abstract

External links

• ION