Echinoplectanum plectropomi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dactylogyridea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Platyzoa
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Subphylum: Rhabditophora
Superclassis: Neodermata
Classis: Monogenea
Subclassis: Monopisthocotylea
Ordo: Dactylogyridea

Familia: Diplectanidae
Subfamilia: Diplectaninae
Genus: Echinoplectanum
Species:

Name

Synonyms

  • Cycloplectanum plectropomi (Young, 1969) Oliver, 1968
  • Diplectanum plectropomi Young, 1969


References

Original description:

  • Young, P. C.; 1969: Some monogenoideans of the family Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 from Australian teleost fishes. Journal of Helminthology, 43, 223–254. Abstract

Current combination:

  • Justine, J.-L. & Euzet, L.; 2006: Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasite on gills of the coralgroupers Plectropomus laevis and P. leopardus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of Echinoplectanum n. g. Systematic Parasitology, 64, 147-172. Abstract