Characithecium chascomusense

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: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Characithecium
Species: Characithecium chascomusense

Name

Characithecium chascomusense (Suriano, 1981) [comb. n. Rossin & Timi, 2014: 384 ('chascomusensis')]

• Type locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires province, Chascomús, Chascomús Lake, 35° 37’ S, 58° 04’ W.
• Type host: Oligosarcus jenynsii (Günther)
• Holotype: MLP-He-6803.

Synonyms

• Androspira chascomusensis Suriano, 1981
• Palombitrema chascomusense (Suriano, 1987) [Suriano, 1997]

References

Primary references

• Suriano, D.M. 1981. Androspira gen. nov. (Monogenea Ancyrocephalinae) parasito branquial de Pseudocurimata gilberti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Fernández-Yepes, 1948 (Pisces Tetragonopteridae) de la Laguna de Chascomús, República Argentina. Neotropica 27: 67–78. Reference page. 
• Rossin, M.A. & Timi, J.T. 2014. Characithecium (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on the Neotropical fish Oligosarcus jenynsii (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Pampasic region, Argentina, with the emendation of the genus. Zootaxa 3893(3): 382–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.3.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Characithecium chascomusense in the World Register of Marine Species