Diplectanum

Diplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. The genus, created by Karl Moriz Diesing,[1] gave its name to the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of teleosts.[2] The type-species of the genus is Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857).[3]

Diplectanum
Illustration of "Diplectanum aequans"
Illustration of Diplectanum aequans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Monogenea
Order:
Monopisthocotylea
Family:
Diplectanidae
Genus:
Diplectanum

Diesing, 1858

Species
Extract of Karl Moriz Diesing (1858) Revision der Myzhelminthen - with first mention of Diplectanum and Diplectanum aequans. Text in Latin

According to the World Register of Marine Species, many species are included in this genus.[4] Examples are:

  • Diplectanum aculeatum Parona & Perugia, 1889
  • Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857) [3]
  • Diplectanum banyulense Oliver, 1968
  • Diplectanum belengeri (Chauhan, 1945) Chauhan, 1954
  • Diplectanum bocqueti Oliver, 1980
  • Diplectanum chabaudi Oliver, 1980
  • Diplectanum copiosum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006
  • Diplectanum dollfusi Oliver, 1980
  • Diplectanum femineum Justine & Henry, 2010
  • Diplectanum flagritubus Nagibina, 1976

References
  1. Diesing, K. M. 1858. Revision der Myzhelminthen. Abtheilung: Trematoden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien :K.-K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn. pp. 307-390 Biodiversity Heritage Library open access
  2. Oliver, Guy (2015). Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse (thesis). Figshare. doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274.
  3. Wagener, G. (1857). Helminthologische Bemerkungen aus einem Sandsschreibe an C. Th. V. Siebold. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 9, 73-90. Biodiversity Heritage Library Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine open access
  4. WoRMS (2018). Diplectanum Diesing, 1858. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119291 on 2018-10-29
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