Lamellodiscus epsilon

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: Lamellodiscinae
Genus: Lamellodiscus
Species: Lamellodiscus epsilon

Name

• Lamellodiscus epsilon Yamaguti, 1968
• Type-host: Monotaxis grandoculis (Lethrinidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type-locality: Off Hawaii
• Habitat: gills
• Holotype: USNPC 63664

References

Original description

• Yamaguti, S. 1968: Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 287 pp.

Redescription

• Justine, J.-L. & Briand, M. J. 2010: Three new species, Lamellodiscus tubulicornis n. sp., L. magnicornis n. sp. and L. parvicornis n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from Gymnocranius spp. (Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae) off New Caledonia, with proposal of the new morphological group ‘tubulicornis’ within Lamellodiscus Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Systematic Parasitology, 75, 159-179. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-009-9224-4

Links

• ION