Pseudorhabdosynochus cyanopodus

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: Pseudorhabdosynochus
Species: Pseudorhabdosynochus cyanopodus

Name

Pseudorhabdosynochus cyanopodus Sigura & Justine, 2008

• Type-host: Epinephelus cyanopodus (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Other host: Epinephelus chlorostigma (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type-locality: New Caledonia
• Habitat: gills
• Holotype: MNHN

References

Original description

• Sigura, A. & Justine, J.-L. 2008. Monogeneans of the speckled blue grouper, Epinephelus cyanopodus (Perciformes, Serranidae), from off New Caledonia, with a description of four new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus and one new species of Laticola (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and evidence of monogenean faunal changes according to the size of fish. Zootaxa 1695: 1–44. Abstract Article Reference page. 

Additional host report

• Justine, J.-L. & Henry, É. 2010. Monogeneans from Epinephelus chlorostigma (Val.) (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of three new species of diplectanids. Systematic Parasitology 77: 81–105. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-010-9263-x

Molecular characterization

• Schoelinck, C., Cruaud, C., Justine, J.-L. 2012. Are all species of Pseudorhabdosynochus strictly host specific? — A molecular study. Parasitology International 61(2): 356–359. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.01.009

External links

• ION
• NCBI