Gyrodactylus gondae is a species of monogenean ectoparasites.[1] It was found in Pomatoschistus minutus and Pomatoschistus lozanoi in European coastal waters.

Gyrodactylus gondae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Gyrodactylidae
Genus: Gyrodactylus
Species:
G. gondae
Binomial name
Gyrodactylus gondae
Huyse, Malmberg & Volckaert, 2004

Etymology edit

The species was named in honor of Dr. Gonda Geets, who first detected the species.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Huyse, Tine; Malmberg, Göran; Volckaert, Filip A.M. (2004). "Four new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) on gobiid fishes: combined DNA and morphological analyses". Systematic Parasitology. 59 (2): 103–120. doi:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000044427.81580.33. ISSN 0165-5752.