Laticola is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All known species are parasitic on the gills of marine fish, including members of Lates (Latidae) and Epinephelus (Serranidae).
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| Laticola dae, body (left) and sclerotised parts of the genital organs (right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Laticola Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006 |
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The genus was proposed for species with a spoon-shaped male copulatory organ with two to four concentric incomplete ridges in the base.[1]
Etymology edit
The generic name is derived from the genus of the type-host, Lates.
Species edit
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the valid species included in the genus are:[2]
- Laticola cyanus Sigura & Justine, 2008 [3]
- Laticola dae Journo & Justine, 2006 [4]
- Laticola latesi (Tripathi, 1959) Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006 [1]
- Laticola paralatesi (Nagibina, 1976) Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006 [5][1]
- Laticola seabassi (Wu, Li, Zhu & Xie, 2005) Domingues & Boeger, 2008 [6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Yang, Tingbao; Kritsky, Delane C.; Yuan, Sun; Jianying, Zhang; Suhua, Shi; Agrawal, N. (2006). "Diplectanids infesting the gills of the barramundi Lates calcarifer (Bloch) (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with the proposal of Laticola n. g. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 63 (2): 125–139. doi:10.1007/s11230-005-9006-6. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 16718593. S2CID 12959234.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Laticola Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517965 on 2018-10-15
- ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1695.1.1.
- ^ Journo, Chloé; Justine, Jean-Lou (2006). "Laticola dae n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from Epinephelus maculatus (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology. 64 (3): 173–180. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9029-7. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 16786282.
- ^ Nagibina, L. F. (1976). [New species of the genus Diplectanum (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae)]. In: [Fauna, systematics and phylogeny of Monogenoidea.] Trudy Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta, Novaya Seriya, 35, 89-96.
- ^ Wu, X. Y.; Li, A. X.; Zhu, X. Q.; Xie, M. Q. (2005). "Description of Pseudorhabdosynochus seabassi sp n. (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) from Lates calcarifer and revision of the phylogenetic position of Diplectanum grouperi (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) based on rDNA sequence data". Folia Parasitologica. 52 (3): 231–240. doi:10.14411/fp.2005.031. PMID 16270804.