Pseudorhabdosynochus vagampullum

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 vagampullum (Young, 1969) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986

Synonym: Diplectanum vagampullum Young, 1969
Type-host: Epinephelus merra (misidentification; correct type-host: Epinephelus quoyanus (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
Type-locality: Heron Island, Queensland, Australia
Habitat: gills

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

Redescriptions

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

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

Zeng, B. & Yang, T. 2007. Description of Pseudorhabdosynochus justinei n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and redescription of P. vagampullum (Young, 1969) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986 from the gills of the longfin grouper Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes) (Perciformes: Serranidae) in Dapeng Bay, South China Sea. Systematic Parasitology 66: 223–235. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-006-9067-1 Reference page.

Justine, J.-L., Dupoux, C. & Cribb, T. H. 2009: Resolution of the discrepant host-specificity of Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from serranid fishes in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Acta Parasitologica, 54, 119-130.DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0027-1

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.