Laticola cyanus

Laticola cyanus is a species of diplectanid monogenean that is parasitic on the gills of the blue grouper Epinephelus cyanopodus. It was described in 2008.[1]

Laticola cyanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Laticola
Species:
L. cyanus
Binomial name
Laticola cyanus
Sigura & Justine, 2008

Etymology

The species epithet, cyanus, blue in Latin, was based on the host name, Epinephelus cyanopodus.[1]

Hosts and localities

The blue grouper Epinephelus cyanopodus, is the host of Laticola cyanus

The type-host and only recorded host of L. cyanus is the blue grouper Epinephelus cyanopodus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae). The type-locality and only recorded locality is off Nouméa, New Caledonia. This grouper also harbours several species of the diplectanid genus Pseudorhabdosynochus, namely P. cyanopodus, P. chauveti, P. podocyanus, P. exoticus, P. duitoe, and P. huitoe, but Laticola cyanus is the only species belonging to the genus Laticola.[1]

References

  1. Sigura, A.; Justine, J.-L. (2008). "Monogeneans of the speckled blue grouper, Epinephelus cyanopodus (Perciformes, Serranidae), from off New Caledonia, with a description of four new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus and one new species of Laticola (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and evidence of monogenean faunal changes according to the size of fish". Zootaxa. 1695: 1–44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1695.1.1.
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