Lamellodiscus magnicornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dactylogyridea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 magnicornis

Name

Lamellodiscus magnicornis Justine & Briand, 2010

• Type-host: Gymnocranius grandoculis (Lethrinidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Other hosts: Gymnocranius euanus, Gymnocranius oblongus (designated as Gymnocranius sp. A in original description), Gymnocranius sp. B (Lethrinidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type locality: Lagoon off Nouméa, New Caledonia
• Habitat: gills
• Holotype: MNHN JNC1246A9

References

Primary references

• 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 Reference page. 
• Justine, J.-L., Beveridge, I., Boxshall, G.A., Bray, R.A., Moravec, F. & Whittington I.D. 2010. An annotated list of fish parasites (Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected from Emperors and Emperor Bream (Lethrinidae) in New Caledonia further highlights parasite biodiversity estimates on coral reef fish. Zootaxa 2691: 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2691.1.1, PDF Reference page. 

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