Taxonavigation

Familia: Diplectanidae
Subfamilia: Diplectaninae
Genus: Pseudorhabdosynochus
Species: Pseudorhabdosynochus amplidiscatus

Name

Pseudorhabdosynochus amplidiscatus (Bravo-Hollis, 1954) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986

• Synonyms: Diplectanum amplidiscatum (Bravo-Hollis, 1954, Cycloplectanum amplidiscatum, Pseudorhabdosynochus amplidiscatum
• Type-host: Paralabrax maculafasciatus (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Other hosts: Epinephelus analogus, Epinephelus labriformis (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Habitat: gills

References

Original description

• Bravo-Hollis, M. 1954: Diplectanum amplidiscatum n. sp., Trématode monogénétique des branchies d'un poisson marin. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 24(1-2), 37-41.

Redescriptions

• Oliver, G. 1987: Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse. Thèse d'État, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Académie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
• Yang, T. B., Gibson, D. I., & Zeng, B. J. 2005: Pseudorhabdosynochus summanoides n. sp (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) from Epinephelus coioides in Dapeng Bay, South China Sea, with observations on several similar species of Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958. Systematic Parasitology, 62(3), 221-239. Abstract

Host records

• Mendoza-Franco, E. F., Violante-González, J., & Rojas Herrera, A. A. 2011: Six new and one previously described species of Pseudorhabdosynochus (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) infecting the gills of groupers (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Pacific coasts of Mexico and Panama. Journal of Parasitology, 97, 20-35. Abstract

Current combination

• Kritsky, D. C. & Beverley-Burton, M. 1986: The status of Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958, and Cycloplectanum Oliver, 1968 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 99, 17–20.

External links

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