Enterogyrus

Enterogyrus is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[2]

Enterogyrus
Enterogyrus coronatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Monogenea
Order:
Monopisthocotylea
Family:
Ancyrocephalidae
Genus:
Enterogyrus

Paperna, 1963 [1]
Species

See text.

All members of the genus are parasitic on fish, but, in contrast to most ancyrocephalid which are parasites on the gills, species of Enterogyrus are parasite in the digestive system.[1][3]

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]

  • Enterogyrus amieti Bilong Bilong, Euzet & Birgi, 1996 [4]
  • Enterogyrus barombiensis Bilong Bilong, Birgi & Euzet, 1991
  • Enterogyrus cichlidarum Paperna, 1963 [1]
  • Enterogyrus coronatus Pariselle, Lambert & Euzet, 1991 [5]
  • Enterogyrus crassus Bilong Bilong, Euzet & Birgi, 1996 [4]
  • Enterogyrus foratus Pariselle, Lambert & Euzet, 1991 [5]
  • Enterogyrus malmbergi Bilong Bilong, 1988
  • Enterogyrus melenensis Bilong Bilong, Birgi & Lambert, 1989
  • Enterogyrus coronatus, sclerotised parts
    Enterogyrus coronatus, sclerotised parts
  • Enterogyrus malmbergi, sclerotised parts
    Enterogyrus malmbergi, sclerotised parts
  • Enterogyrus malmbergi, body
    Enterogyrus malmbergi, body
  • Scanning electron microscopy of various species
    Scanning electron microscopy of various species


References
  1. Paperna I., 1963. Enterogyrus cichlidarum n. gen. n. sp., a monogenetic trematode parasitic in the intestine of fish. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, 11B, 183–187.
  2. WoRMS (2019). Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1051925 on 2019-02-05
  3. Zhang, Shuai; Zhi, Tingting; Xu, Xiangli; Zheng, Yingying; Bilong Bilong, Charles Félix; Pariselle, Antoine; Yang, Tingbao (2019). "Monogenean fauna of alien tilapias (Cichlidae) in south China". Parasite. 26: 4. doi:10.1051/parasite/2019003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6361074. PMID 30714897. open access
  4. Bilong-Bilong, C. F.; Euzet, L.; Birgi, E. (1996). "Monogenean stomach parasites of cichlid fishes from Cameroon: Two new species of the genus Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 (Ancyrocephalidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 34 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1007/BF01531208. ISSN 0165-5752. (subscription required)
  5. Pariselle, Antoine; Lambert, Alain; Euzet, Louis (1991). "A new type of haptor in mesoparasitic monogeneans of the genus Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963, with a description of Enterogyrus foratus n. sp. and E. coronatus n. sp, stomach parasites of cichlids in West Africa". Systematic Parasitology. 20 (3): 211–220. doi:10.1007/BF00009785. ISSN 0165-5752. (subscription required)
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