Pseudorhabdosynochus melanesiensis

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 melanesiensis (Laird, 1958) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986

Synonyms:
- Diplectanum melanesiensis Laird, 1958
- Cycloplectanum americanum (Price, 1937) Oliver, 1968, partim
- Cycloplectanum melanesiensis (Price, 1937) Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
Type-host: Epinephelus merra (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
Type-locality: Off Aneityum, Vanuatu
Other localities: Off Fiji; Off New Caledonia
Habitat: gills
Holotype: USNPC

Original description

Laird, M. 1958: Parasites of South Pacific fishes II. Diplectanum melanesiensis n. sp., a monogenetic trematode from Fiji and the New Hebrides. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 36, 167–173.

Redescription

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

Other combinations

Oliver, G. 1968: Recherches sur les Diplectanidae (Monogenea) parasites de téléostéens du Golfe du Lion. I. Diplectaninae Monticelli, 1903. Vie et Milieu, Série A, 19, 95–138.
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

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.