Laminiscus is a genus of monogeneans in the family Gyrodactylidae. It consists of one species, Laminiscus gussevi (Bykhovskiĭ & Polyanskiĭ, 1953).[2] Laminiscus is a marine parasite, using its haptor to attach itself to a marine fish host (Přikrylová et al., 2013).[3] Its haptor consists of no dorsal bar, additional internal support plates, hamuli with distinct dorsal and ventral roots, and marginal hook sickles with poorly developed heels and short handles (Cone et al., 2010).[4]

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Laminiscus

Pálsson & Beverley-Burton, 1983[1]

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  1. ^ Pálsson, J. & Beverley-Burton, M. (1983). Laminiscus n.g. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from capelin, Mallotus villosus (Müller), (Pisces: Osmeridae) in the northwest Atlantic with redescriptions of L. gussevi n. comb., Gyrodactyloides petruschewskii, and G. andriaschewi. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 61(2), 298–306.
  2. ^ Bykhovskiĭ, B. E. & Polyanskiĭ, Y. I. (1953). Contribution to the knowledge of marine monogenetic trematodes of the family Gyrodactylidae Cobb. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Leningrad, 13, 92–126.
  3. ^ Přikrylová, Iva; Vanhove, Maarten P. M.; Janssens, Steven B.; Billeter, Paul A.; Huyse, Tine (1 April 2013). "Tiny worms from a mighty continent: High diversity and new phylogenetic lineages of African monogeneans". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 67 (1): 43–52. Bibcode:2013MolPE..67...43P. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.12.017. PMID 23287552.
  4. ^ Cone, David; Abbott, Cathryn; Gilmore, Scott; Burt, Michael (August 2010). "A New Genus and Species of Gyrodactylid (Monogenea) From Silver Hake, Merluccius Bilinearis, in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada". Journal of Parasitology. 96 (4): 681–684. doi:10.1645/GE-2359.1. PMID 20738197. S2CID 22332368.