Talk:Pseudorhabdosynochus

Nomenclature

Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958 is an interesting nomenclatural case:

• Yamaguti described the same species twice, in 1938 (as Diplectanum epinepheli Yamaguti, 1938) and 1958 (as Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1958).
• The type-species of the genus is the name Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1958.
• Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1958 is a junior synonym of Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1938) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986.
• Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1938) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986 is the modern valid combination for Diplectanum epinepheli Yamaguti, 1938. The latter species (a taxon) and the type-species of the genus (a name) are considered to correspond to the same biological taxon but have different, although valid, names.

References

• Yamaguti, S. 1958: Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 53. Trematodes of fishes, XII. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 7, 53–88.

• Yamaguti, S. 1938: Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 24. Trematodes of fishes, V. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 8, 15–74.

• 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.

• Justine, J.-L. 2009: A redescription of Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1938), the type-species of Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and the description of P. satyui n. sp. from Epinephelus akaara off Japan. Systematic Parasitology, 72, 27-55. Abstract