Taxonavigation

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

Name

Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1938) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986

• This name is the type-species of Genus Pseudorhabdosynochus
• Complex nomenclatural history, see Talk:Pseudorhabdosynochus
• Synonyms
  • Diplectanum epinepheli Yamaguti, 1938
  • Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1958
  • Cycloplectanum americanum (Price, 1937) Oliver, 1968, partim
  • Cycloplectanum hongkongensis Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
  • Cycloplectanum epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1938) Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
  • Cycloplectanum yamagutii Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
  • Cycloplectanum yamagutti [sic; lapsus] Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981
• Type-host: Epinephelus akaara (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Apparently various other hosts, including Epinephelus chlorostigma (Serranidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)

References

Original description (as Diplectanum epinepheli)

• Yamaguti, S. 1938: Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 24. Trematodes of fishes, V. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 8, 15–74.

Description (as Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli)

• Yamaguti, S.} 1958: Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 53. Trematodes of fishes, XII. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 7, 53–88.

Recent redescription of the type-species

• Justine, J.-L. 2009: A redescription of Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1938), the type-species of Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and the description of P. satyui n. sp. from Epinephelus akaara off Japan. Systematic Parasitology, 72, 27-55. Abstract

Other combinations

• Oliver, G. 1968: Recherches sur les Diplectanidae (Monogenea) parasites de téléostéens du Golfe du Lion. I. Diplectaninae Monticelli, 1903. Vie et Milieu, Série A, 19, 95–138.
• Beverley-Burton, M. & Suriano, D. M. 1981: A revision of Cycloplectanum Oliver, 1968 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and descriptions of C. hongkongensis n. sp. and C. lantauensis n. sp. from Epinephelus spp. (Serranidae) in the South China Sea. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 59, 1276–1285. 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.