Enterogyrus Explained

Enterogyrus is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.^[1]

All members of the genus are parasitic on fish, but, in contrast to most ancyrocephalid which are parasites on the gills, species of Enterogyrus are parasite in the digestive system.^[2]

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: ^[1]

• Enterogyrus amieti Bilong Bilong, Euzet & Birgi, 1996 ^[3]
• Enterogyrus barombiensis Bilong Bilong, Birgi & Euzet, 1991
• Enterogyrus cichlidarum Paperna, 1963
• Enterogyrus coronatus Pariselle, Lambert & Euzet, 1991 ^[4]
• Enterogyrus crassus Bilong Bilong, Euzet & Birgi, 1996 ^[3]
• Enterogyrus foratus Pariselle, Lambert & Euzet, 1991 ^[4]
• Enterogyrus malmbergi Bilong Bilong, 1988
• Enterogyrus melenensis Bilong Bilong, Birgi & Lambert, 1989

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2019). Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1051925 on 2019-02-05
2. Zhang. Shuai. Zhi. Tingting. Xu. Xiangli. Zheng. Yingying. Bilong Bilong. Charles Félix. Pariselle. Antoine. Yang. Tingbao. Monogenean fauna of alien tilapias (Cichlidae) in south China. Parasite. 26. 2019. 4. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2019003. 30714897. 6361074.
3. Bilong-Bilong. C. F.. Euzet. L.. Birgi. E.. Monogenean stomach parasites of cichlid fishes from Cameroon: Two new species of the genus Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 (Ancyrocephalidae). Systematic Parasitology. 34. 1. 1996. 37–42. 0165-5752. 10.1007/BF01531208.
4. Pariselle. Antoine. Lambert. Alain. Euzet. Louis. A new type of haptor in mesoparasitic monogeneans of the genus Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963, with a description of Enterogyrus foratus n. sp. and E. coronatus n. sp, stomach parasites of cichlids in West Africa. Systematic Parasitology. 20. 3. 1991. 211–220. 0165-5752. 10.1007/BF00009785.