Plectanocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Plectanocotylidae. It includes five species of parasites on the gills of fish.[1]
| Plectanocotyle | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Plectanocotylidae |
| Genus: | Plectanocotyle Diesing, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Plectanocotyle elliptica Diesing, 1850 | |
Species
editAccording to a study funded by The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative,[1] there are four valid species in this genus:
- Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941
- Plectanocotyle jeanloujustinei Cappelletti & Bouguerche, 2024[1]
- Plectanocotyle lastovizae Ayadi, Tazerouti, Gey & Justine, 2022[2]
- Plectanocotyle major Boudaya, Neifar & Euzet, 2006[3]
Other Species
editPlectanocotyle elliptica Diesing, 1850: described probably based on a mutilated specimen, and most importantly, it was suggested that either the host fish had been misidentified or the specimen had been mislabeled as to origin (Price, 1961). It is considered currently a species inquirenda.[1]
Plectanocotyle caudata Lebour, 1908: considered currently synonym of P. gurnardi.[1]
Plectanocotyle lorenzii Monticelli, 1899: considered currently a species inquirenda.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 Cappelletti, Alice; Bouguerche, Chahinez (2024). ""Something old, something new, something borrowed, and the oioxeny is true": description of Plectanocotyle jeanloujustinei n. sp. (Polyopisthocotylea, Plectanocotylidae) from the MNHN Helminthology collection with novel molecular and morphological data for P. gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) (sensu stricto) from Sweden". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 23 100914. Bibcode:2024IJPPW..2300914C. doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100914. PMC 10901078. PMID 38419736.
- 1 2 Ayadi, Zouhour El Mouna; Tazerouti, Fadila; Gey, Delphine; Justine, Jean-Lou (2022-02-01). "A revision of Plectanocotyle (Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae), with molecular barcoding of three species and the description of a new species from the streaked gurnard Chelidonichthys lastoviza off Algeria". PeerJ. 10 e12873. doi:10.7717/peerj.12873. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8815378. PMID 35178303.
- ↑ Boudaya, Lobna; Neifar, Lassad; Euzet, Louis (2006). "Plectanocotyle major sp. n. (Monogenea: Plectanocotylidae), a gill parasite of Chelidonichthys obscurus (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Mediterranean Sea". Folia Parasitologica. 53 (1): 53–56. doi:10.14411/fp.2006.004. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 16696431.