Pseudorhabdosynochus guerreroensis

Pseudorhabdosynochus guerreroensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Subclass: Monopisthocotylea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Pseudorhabdosynochus
Species: guerreroensis
Binomial name
Pseudorhabdosynochus guerreroensis
Mendoza-Franco, Violante-Gonzalez & Herrera, 2011

Pseudorhabdosynochus guerreroensis is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of groupers. It has been described in 2011. [1]

Description

Pseudorhabdosynochus guerreroensis is a small monogenean. The species has the general characteristics of other species of Pseudorhabdosynochus, with a flat body and a posterior haptor, which is the organ by which the monogenean attaches itself to the gill of is host. The haptor bears two squamodiscs, one ventral and one dorsal. The sclerotized male copulatory organ, or "quadriloculate organ", has the shape of a bean with four internal chambers, as in other species of Pseudorhabdosynochus. The vagina includes a sclerotized part, which is a complex structure.

Hosts and localities

The Pacific mutton hamlet Alphestes immaculatus is the type-host of Pseudorhabdosynochus guerreroensis, and the type-locality is Cantiles de Mozimba in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, hence the species name (guerreroensis is a reference to Guerrero).[1] The species has also been found on the Rivulated mutton hamlet Alphestes multiguttatus and the spotted grouper Epinephelus analogus.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Violante-González, Juan; Rojas Herrera, Agustín 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 (1): 20–35. doi:10.1645/GE-2716.1. ISSN 0022-3395.
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