Jaliscia Explained

Jaliscia is a genus which belongs to the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. As all Monogenea, species of Jaliscia are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and ciliated.^[1]

Members of the genus Jaliscia are characterised by an armed genital atrium, an unarmed cirrus ^[2] and a single unarmed vagina.^[3]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,^[4] this genus includes one species:

Notes and References

1. Mamaev Y.L., Egorova T.P.: A description of Sebasticotyle ochotense n. g., n. sp., a new monogenea from scorpion fishes and the erection of Jaliscia n. g. Trudy Biologo-Poshvennogo Instituta. Novaya seriya 1977, 47, 101–105.
2. Yoon. Gil Ha. Al-Jufaili. Sarah. Freeman. Mark A. Bron. James E. Paladini. Giuseppe. Shinn. Andrew P. Omanicotyle heterospina n. gen. et n. comb. (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) from the gills of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål) (Teleostei: Sparidae) from the Sea of Oman. Parasites & Vectors. 6. 1. 2013. 170 . 1756-3305. 10.1186/1756-3305-6-170 . free . 23758894 . 3683332. https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1756-3305-6-170.pdf PDF
3. Dajem. Saad Bin. Morsy. Kareem. Shati. Ali. Ezzat. Ahmed. El-Said. Fahmy. Abdel-Gaber. Rewaida. Bivagina pagrosomi Murray (1931) (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea), a microcotylid infecting the gills of the gilt-head sea bream Sparus aurata (Sparidae) from the Red Sea: morphology and phylogeny. Journal of Veterinary Research. 63. 3. 2019. 345–352. 2450-8608. 10.2478/jvetres-2019-0053. free. 31572814 . 6749742.
4. WoRMS (2019). Jaliscia Mamaev & Egorova, 1977. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717527 on 2019-11-27