Aristocleidus Explained

Aristocleidus is a genus of monogeneans erected by Justus F. Mueller in 1936.^[1] The genus has been revised by Delane C. Kritsky and Edgar F. Mendoza–Franco in 2008.^[2] The amended generic diagnosis is: species with gonads overlapping, ventral anchors with deeply incised base forming deep and superficial roots, a coiled tube of the male copulatory organ (nonarticulated with the accessory piece) in a clockwise orientation, and haptoral hooks with upright acute thumb, slender shank comprising one subunit and FH loop.^{[2] [3]}

Two new species, parasitic in the Mexican mojarra Eugerres mexicanus (Perciformes, Gerreidae) from southwestern Mexico have been described by Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, Marina Tapia Osorio and Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano in 2015.^[3]

Species

• Aristocleidus hastatus Mueller, 1936 ^[1]
• Aristocleidus lamothei Kritsky & Mendoza-Franco, 2008 ^[2]
• Aristocleidus mexicanus Mendoza-Franco, Osorio & Caspeta-Mandujano, 2015 ^[3]
• Aristocleidus lacantuni Mendoza-Franco, Osorio & Caspeta-Mandujano, 2015 ^[3]

Notes and References

1. Mueller . Justus F. . New Gyrodactyloid Trematodes from North American Fishes . Transactions of the American Microscopical Society . October 1936 . 55 . 4 . 457–464 . 10.2307/3222529 . 3222529 .
2. Kritsky . Delane C. . Mendoza-Franco . Edgar F. . Revision of Aristocleidus (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), rediscovery of Aristocleidus hastatus, and description of Aristocleidus lamothei n. sp. from the Peruvian Mojarra Diapterus peruvianus (Teleostei: Gerreidae) in Mexico . Revista mexicana de biodiversidad . August 2008 . 79 . 75–82 . 83360137 . 10088/22204 .
3. Mendoza-Franco . Edgar F. . Osorio . Marina Tapia . Caspeta-Mandujano . Juan Manuel . Two new species of Aristocleidus (Monogenea) from the gills of the Mexican mojarra Eugerres mexicanus (Perciformes, Gerreidae) from southwestern Mexico . Parasite . 2015 . 22 . 33 . 10.1051/parasite/2015033 . 26605987 . 4659690 .