Rugogaster

Rugogastridae is a family of trematodes in the order Aspidogastrida. It consists of a single genus, Rugogaster Schell, 1973.[1]

Rugogaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Aspidogastrida
Family: Rugogastridae
Schell, 1973[1]
Genus: Rugogaster
Schell, 1973
Type species
Rugogaster hydrolagi
Schell, 1973
Species
  • Rugogaster callorhinchi Amato & Pereira, 1995
  • Rugogaster hydrolagi Schell, 1973

Species
  • Rugogaster callorhinci Amato & Pereira, 1995[2]
  • Rugogaster hydrolagi Schell, 1973[1]

Morphological characteristics

Species of Rugogaster are parasitic in the rectal glands of various holocephalan fishes. They are characterized by a row of rugae, numerous testes, and two caeca, whilst other aspidogastrid species generally have one caecum and one or two testes.

References
  1. Schell, S. C. (1973). Rugogaster hydrolagi gen. n. et sp. nov. (Trematoda: Aspidobothrea: Rugogastridae fam. n.) from the ratfish Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & bennett, 1839). The Journal of Parasitology, 59, 803–805.
  2. Amato, J. & Pereira, J., Jr. (1995). A new species of Rugogaster (Aspidobothrea: Rugogastridae) parasite of the elephant fish, Callorhinchus callorhynchi (Callorhinchidae), from the estuary of the La Plata River, Coasts of Uruguay and Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 4(1), 1–7.
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