Acanthocercodes

Acanthocercodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Acanthocercodes
Kritsky & Diggles, 2015
Species

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Acanthocercodes is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of marine teleosts.[1] The type-species of the genus is Acanthocercodes bullardi.[1]

Etymology

The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek acantha, "thorn", and cercos, "tail", with the suffix -odes ("like") appended, referring to the "spiny peduncle of the body proper."[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, species include:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kritsky, Delane C.; Diggles, Ben K. (2015). "Acanthocercodes n. g. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae) for species parasitising threadfins (Perciformes: Polynemidae), with description of Acanthocercodes bullardi n. sp. from the Atlantic threadfin Polydactylus octonemus (Girard) and reassignment of three species of Diplectanum Monticelli, 1903 from the Indo-Pacific Ocean". Systematic Parasitology. 91 (3): 191–201. doi:10.1007/s11230-015-9574-z. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 26063297. S2CID 255063625.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Acanthocercodes Kritsky & Diggles, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849725 on 2018-08-16

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