Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis

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

Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis (Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986

Synonym: Cycloplectanum lantauensis Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
Type-host: Epinephelus 'brunneus' (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
Other hosts: Epinephelus fario, Epinephelus coioides (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei) (Hosts need verification)
Type-locality: South China Sea, near Hong Kong
Habitat: gills

Original description

Beverley-Burton, M. & Suriano, D. M. 1981: A revision of Cycloplectanum Oliver, 1968 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and descriptions of C. hongkongensis n. sp. and C. lantauensis n. sp. from Epinephelus spp. (Serranidae) in the South China Sea. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 59, 1276–1285. Abstract

Redescriptions

Bu, S. S. H., Leong, T. S., Wong, S. Y., Woo, Y. S. N., & Foo, R. W. T. 1999: Three diplectanid monogeneans from marine finfish (Epinephelus spp.) in the Far East. Journal of Helminthology, 73, 301-312. Abstract
Zhang, J. Y., Yang, T. B., & Liu, L. 2001: [Monogeneans of Chinese marine fishes]. Beijing: Agriculture Press.[in Chinese with English description of new species]
Justine, J.-L. 2005: Species of Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from Epinephelus fasciatus and E. merra (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia and other parts of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, with a comparison of measurements of specimens prepared using different methods, and a description of P. caledonicus n. sp. Systematic Parasitology, 62, 1-37. Abstract
Erazo-Pagador, G., & Cruz-Lacierda, E. R. 2010: The morphology and life cycle of the gill monogenean (Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis) on orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) cultured in the Philippines. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 30, 55-64.

Current combination

Kritsky, D. C. & Beverley-Burton, M. 1986: The status of Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958, and Cycloplectanum Oliver, 1968 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 99, 17–20.