Echinoplectanum echinophallus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dactylogyridea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Monogenea Subclassis: Monopisthocotylea Ordo: Dactylogyridea

Echinoplectanum echinophallus (Euzet & Oliver, 1965) Justine & Euzet, 2006
Type-host: Epinephelus marginatus (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
Type-locality: Off Banyuls, French Mediterranean Coast.
Other localities: Off Lavezzi Island, southern Corsica; off Rosas, Spain; off Kerkennah Island, Tunisia; Off Dakar, Senegal, East Atlantic.
Habitat: gills

Original description:

Euzet, L. & Oliver, G.; 1965: Diplectanidae (Monogenea) de Téléostéens de la Méditerranée occidentale. II. Parasites d’Epinephelus gigas (Brünnich, 1768). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 40, 517–523.

Redescription, current combination, list of localities:

Justine, J.-L. & Euzet, L.; 2006: Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasite on gills of the coralgroupers Plectropomus laevis and P. leopardus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of Echinoplectanum n. g. Systematic Parasitology, 64, 147-172.Abstract

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