Diplectanum
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| Illustration of Diplectanum aequans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Diplectanum Diesing, 1858 |
Diplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. The genus, created by Karl Moriz Diesing,[1] gave its name to the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of teleosts.[2] The type-species of the genus is Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857).[3]
Species[edit]
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According to the World Register of Marine Species, many species are included in this genus.[4] Examples are:
- Diplectanum aculeatum Parona & Perugia, 1889
- Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857) [3]
- Diplectanum banyulense Oliver, 1968
- Diplectanum belengeri (Chauhan, 1945) Chauhan, 1954
- Diplectanum bocqueti Oliver, 1980
- Diplectanum chabaudi Oliver, 1980
- Diplectanum copiosum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006
- Diplectanum dollfusi Oliver, 1980
- Diplectanum femineum Justine & Henry, 2010
- Diplectanum flagritubus Nagibina, 1976
References[edit]
- ^ Diesing, K. M. 1858. Revision der Myzhelminthen. Abtheilung: Trematoden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien :K.-K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn. pp. 307-390 Biodiversity Heritage Library
- ^ Oliver, Guy (2015). Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse (thesis). Figshare. doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274.
- ^ a b Wagener, G. (1857). Helminthologische Bemerkungen aus einem Sandsschreibe an C. Th. V. Siebold. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 9, 73-90. Biodiversity Heritage Library Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WoRMS (2018). Diplectanum Diesing, 1858. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119291 on 2018-10-29
