Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis

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

Familia: Diplectanidae
Subfamilia: Diplectaninae
Genus: Pseudorhabdosynochus
Species: Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis

Name

Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis (Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986

• Synonym: Cycloplectanum lantauensis Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
• Type-host: Epinephelus 'brunneus' (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Other hosts: Epinephelus fario, Epinephelus coioides (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei) (Hosts need verification)
• Type-locality: South China Sea, near Hong Kong
• Habitat: gills

References

Original description

• 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

Redescriptions

• Bu, S. S. H., Leong, T. S., Wong, S. Y., Woo, Y. S. N., & Foo, R. W. T. 1999: Three diplectanid monogeneans from marine finfish (Epinephelus spp.) in the Far East. Journal of Helminthology, 73, 301-312. Abstract
• Zhang, J. Y., Yang, T. B., & Liu, L. 2001: [Monogeneans of Chinese marine fishes]. Beijing: Agriculture Press.[in Chinese with English description of new species]
• 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
• Erazo-Pagador, G., & Cruz-Lacierda, E. R. 2010: The morphology and life cycle of the gill monogenean (Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis) on orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) cultured in the Philippines. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 30, 55-64.

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.

External links

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