Echinoplectanum leopardi

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: Echinoplectanum
Species: Echinoplectanum leopardi

Name

• Echinoplectanum leopardi Justine & Euzet, 2006
• Type-host: Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type-locality: New Caledonia
• Habitat: gills

References

Original description

• Justine, J.-L. & Euzet, L.; 2006: Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasite on gills of the coralgroupers Plectropomus laevis and P. leopardus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of Echinoplectanum n. g. Systematic Parasitology, 64, 147-172.Abstract

External links

• ION