Ancyrocephalidae Explained

Ancyrocephalidae is a family of monogenean flatworms.^[1] The family is considered as a "temporary name" in WorMS ^[1] but includes a large number of genera and species.

Genera

• Actinocleidus Mueller, 1937 ^[2]
• Aethycteron Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982 ^[3]
• Afrocleidodiscus Paperna, 1969
• Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 ^[4]
• Amphithecium Boeger & Kritsky, 1988
• Amphocleithrum Price & Romero, 1969
• Anacanthoroides Kritsky & Thatcher, 1974
• Anacanthorus Mizelle & Price, 1965
• Anchoradiscoides Rogers, 1967 ^[5]
• Anchoradiscus Mizelle, 1941 ^[6]
• Ancistrohaptor Agarwal & Kritsky, 1998
• Ancyrocephalinae Bychowsky, 1937
• Ancyrocephaloides Yamaguti, 1938
• Ancyrocephalus Creplin, 1839
• Androspira Suriano, 1981
• Annulotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1969
• Annulotrematoides Kritsky & Boeger, 1995
• Apedunculata Cuglianna, Cordeiro & Luque, 2009
• Aphanoblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000
• Archidiplectanum Mizelle & Kritsky, 1969
• Aristocleidus Mueller, 1936 ^[7]

• Atherinicus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969
• Bicentenariella Cruces, Chero, Sáez & Luque, 2021
• Biotodomella Morey, Arimuya & Boeger, 2019
• Birgiellus Bilong Bilong, Nack & Euzet, 2007
• Boegeriella Mendoza-Palmero & Hsiao, 2020
• Bouixella Euzet & Dossou, 1976
• Bravohollisia Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1970
• Bychowskymonogenea Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1969
• Caballeria Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1970
• Cacatuocotyle Boeger, Domingues & Kritsky, 1997
• Calpidotheciodes Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1997
• Calpidothecium Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1997
• Characidotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1968
• Characithecium Mendoza-Franco, Reina & Torchin, 2009
• Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960

• Clavunculus Mizelle, Stokely, Jaskoski, Seamster & Monaco, 1956
• Cleidodiscus Mueller, 1934
• Cleithrarticus Mizelle, 1963
• Constrictoanchoratus Ferreira, Rodrigues, Cunha & Domingues, 2017
• Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986 ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• Crinicleidus Beverley-Burton, 1986
• Cryptocephalum Vega, Viozzi & Brugni, 2011
• Curvianchoratus Hanek, Molnár & Fernando, 1974
• Dawestrema Price & Nowlin, 1967
• Diaphorocleidus Jogunoori, Kritsky & Venkatanarasaiah, 2004
• Diplectanotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
• Diversohamulus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969
• Duplaccessorius Viozzi & Brugni, 2004
• Enallothecium Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1998
• Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 ^[11]
• Euryhaliotrema Kritsky & Boeger, 2002
• Eutrianchoratus Paperna, 1969
• Glandulocephalus Unnithan, 1972
• Glyphidohaptor Kritsky, Galli & Yang, 2007
• Gobioecetes Ogawa & Ito, 2017
• Gonocleithrum Kritsky & Thatcher, 1983
• Guavinella Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Cabañas-Carranza, 2003
• Gussevia Kohn & Paperna, 1964
• Haliotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
• Haliotrematoides Kritsky, Yang & Sun, 2009
• Hareocephalus Young, 1968
• Helicirrus Corlis, 2004
• Hemirhamphiculus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1970
• Heteronchocleidus Bychowsly, 1957
• Heteropriapulus Kritsky, 2007
• Heterotesia Paperna, 1969
• Heterothecium Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1997
• Iliocirrus Corlis, 2004
• Inserotrema Viozzi, Marín, Carvajal, Brugni & Mancilla, 2007
• Insulacleidus Rakotofiringa & Euzet, 1983
• Jainus Mizelle, Kritzky & Crane, 1968
• Kapentagyrus Kmentová, Gelnar & Vanhove in Kmentová, Steenberge, Raeymaekers, Koblmüller, Mulungula, N'sibula, Hablützel, Bukinga, Nzigidahera, Ntakimazi, Gelnar & Vanhove, 2018
• Kriboetrema Sarabeev, Rubtsova, Yang & Balbuena, 2013
• Kritskyia Kohn, 1990
• Leptocleidus Mueller, 1936
• Lethrinitrema Lim & Justine, 2011 ^[12]
• Ligictaluridus Beverley-Burton, 1984
• Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977
• Linguadactyla Brinkmann, 1940
• Linguadactyloides Thatcher & Kritsky, 1983
• Longidigitis Corlis, 2004
• Marumbius Boeger, Ferreira, Vianna & Patella, 2014
• Mastacembelocleidus Kritsky, Pandey, Agrawal & Abdullah, 2004
• Metahaliotrema Yamaguti, 1953
• Mexicana Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1959 ^[13]
• Mexicotrema Lamothe-Argumedo, 1969
• Micronococotyle Kritsky, Aquaro & Galli, 2010
• Monocleithrium Price & McMahon, 1966
• Mymarothecium Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1998
• Nanayella Acosta, Mendoza-Palmero, da Silva & Scholz, 2019
• Nanotrema Paperna, 1969
• Nasoancyrocephalus Machida, 1979
• Neodiplectanotrema Gerasev, Gaevskaja & Kovaleva, 1987
• Neohaliotrema Yamaguti, 1965
• Notodiplocerus Suriano, 1980
• Notothecioides Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1997
• Notothecium Boeger & Kritsky, 1988
• Notozothecium Boeger & Kritsky, 1988
• Octouncuhaptor Mendoza-Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008 ^[14]
• Odothecium Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1997
• Onchobdella Paperna, 1968

• Onchocleidus Mueller, 1936
• Palombitrema Price & Bussing, 1968
• Paradiplectanotrema Gerasev, Gayevskaya & Kovaleva, 1987
• Paraeuryhaliotrema Mendoza-Franco, Simões, Vidal-Martínez & Aguirre-Macedo, 2022
• Parancylodiscoides Caballero & Bravo Hollis, 1961
• Parancyrocephaloides Yamaguti, 1938
• Paraneohaliotrema Zhukov, 1976
• Parasciadicleithrum Mendoza-Palmero, Blasco-Costa, Hernández-Mena & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2017
• Pennulituba Řehulková, Justine & Gelnar, 2010 ^[15]
• Philocorydoras Suriano, 1986
• Pithanothecium Kritsky, Boeger & Jégu, 1997
• Placodiscus Paperna, 1972
• Platycephalotrema Kritsky & Nitta, 2019
• Pronotogrammella Cruces, Chero, Sáez & Luque, 2020
• Protancyrocephaloides Burn, 1978
• Protoancyrocephalus Bychowsky, 1957
• Protorhinoxenus Domingues & Boeger, 2002
• Pseudamphibdella Yamaguti, 1958
• Pseudempleurosoma Yamaguti, 1965
• Pseudodactylogyroides Ogawa, 1986
• Pseudodiplectanotrema Gerasev, Gaevskaja & Kovaleva, 1987
• Pseudohaliotrema Yamaguti, 1953
• Pseudotetrancistrum Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1961
• Recurvatus Corlis, 2004
• Rhinonastes Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1988
• Rhinoxenoides Santos Neto, Costa, Soares & Domingues, 2018
• Rhinoxenus Kritsky, Boeger & Thatcher, 1988
• Salsuginus Beverley-Burton, 1984
• Sciadicleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1989
• Sclerocleidoides Agrawal, Yadav & Kritsky, 2001
• Scutogyrus Pariselle & Euzet, 1995

• Sundatrema Lim& Gibson, 2009
• Susanlimae Boeger, Pariselle & Patella, 2015 ^[16]
• Susanlimocotyle Soares, Domingues & Adriano, 2020
• Syncleithrium Price, 1967
• Telethecium Kritsky, Van Every & Boeger, 1996
• Tereancistrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Kayton, 1980
• Tetracleidus Mueller, 1936
• Tetrancistrum Goto & Kikuchi, 1917
• Thylacicleidus Wheeler & Klassen, 1988
• Triacanthinella Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1968
• Trianchoratus Price & Berry, 1966
• Tribaculocauda Tripathi, 1959
• Trinibaculum Kritsky, Thatcher & Kayton, 1980
• Trinidactylus Hanek, Molnár & Fernando, 1974
• Tucunarella Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Rozkosná, 2010
• Tylosuricola Unnithan, 1964
• Urocleidoides Mizelle & Price, 1964
• Urocleidus Mueller, 1934
• Vancleaveus Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986
• Volsellituba Řehulková, Justine & Gelnar, 2010 ^[15]
• Whittingtonocotyle Neto, Rodrigues & Domingues, 2015
• Williamsius Rogers, 2016
• Xenoligophoroides Dmitrieva, Sanna, Piras, Garippa & Merella, 2018

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2018). Ancyrocephalidae Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1968. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160481 on 2018-08-09
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4. Kritsky, D. C., Mendoza-Franco, E. F., & Scholz, T. (2000). Neotropical Monogenoidea. 36. Dactylogyrids from the gills of Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, with proposal of Ameloblastella gen. n. and Aphanoblastella gen. n. (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae). Comparative Parasitology, 67(1), 76-84.
5. Rogers . W. A. . 1967 . New genera and species of Ancyrocephalinae (Trematoda: Monogenea) from centrarchid fishes of the southeastern US . Journal of Parasitology . 53 . 1 . 15–20 . 10.2307/3276613 . 3276613 .
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