Neodiplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] According to Mizelle & Blatz (1941), the genus Neodiplectanum "differs from Diplectanum Diesing, 1858, its closest relative, by the presence of two, instead of three, cuticular bars on the haptor".[1] Oliver (1987)[3] thought that the two genera were synonyms, but Neodiplectanum was resurrected later.[4]

Neodiplectanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Neodiplectanum
Mizelle & Blatz, 1941
Species

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A gerrid, a member of the family of fish which harbours species of Neodiplectanum

Species of Neodiplectanum are parasitic on the gills of fish of the family Gerreidae.[4]

Species edit

According to the World Register of Marine Species, species in this genus include:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Mizelle, J. D., & Blatz, V. (1941). Studies on monogenetic trematodes. VI. Two new dactylogyrid genera from Florida fishes. The American Midland Naturalist, 26(1), 105-109. PDF in JSTOR
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Neodiplectanum Mizelle & Blatz, 1941. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717458 on 2018-12-21
  3. ^ Oliver, Guy (2015). Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse (thesis). Figshare. doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274.
  4. ^ a b c d e Domingues, M. V.; Diamanka, A.; Pariselle, A.; Blatz. (2011). Monogenoids (Diplectanidae, Polyonchoinea) from the gills of mojarras (Perciformes, Gerreidae) with the resurrection of Neodiplectanum Mizelle and the proposal of Darwinoplectanum n. gen. Zootaxa 3010: 1-19.
  5. ^ a b Mendoza Franco, E.F., Roche, D.G. & Torchin, M.E. (2008) New species of Diplectanum (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), and proposal of a new genus of the Dactylogyridae from the gills of gerreid fishes (Teleostei) from Mexico and Panama. Folia Parasitologica, 55, 171–179.
  6. ^ Fuentes Zambrano, J.L. (1997) Dos especies nuevas de monogéneos (Diplectanidae) parásitos de peces marinos de la Laguna de la Restinga. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, série Zoologia, 68, 225–236.