Diplectanocotyla
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| Diplectanocotyla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Diplectanocotyla Yamaguti, 1953 |
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Diplectanocotyla is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All members of this genus are parasitic on the gills of megalopid fish.[3]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the valid species included in the genus are:[2]
- Diplectanocotyla gracilis Yamaguti, 1953 [1]
- Diplectanocotyla langkawiensis Lim & Gibson, 2007 [4]
- Diplectanocotyla megalopis Rakotofiringa & Oliver, 1987 [3]
- Diplectanocotyla parva Lim & Gibson, 2007 [4]
References
- ^ a b Yamaguti, S. (1953). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 2. Monogenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medicinae Okayama, 8(3): 204-256.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Diplectanocotyla Yamaguti, 1953. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468126 on 2018-09-16
- ^ a b Rakotofiringa, S., & Oliver, G. (1987). Révision du genre Diplectanocotyla Yamaguti, 1953 avec description d'une espèce nouvelle et création de la famille des Diplectanocotylidae nov. fam. (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea). Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 9: 333-339 PDF of whole volume
- ^ a b Lim, L. H. S.; Gibson, D. I. (2006). "Diplectanocotyla Yamaguti, 1953 (Monogenea: Diplectanoidea) from Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet) (Teleostei: Megalopidae) off Peninsular Malaysia". Systematic Parasitology. 67 (2): 101–117. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9075-1. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 17143570. S2CID 9825689.
