Laticola Explained

Laticola is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.^{[1] [2]} All known species are parasitic on the gills of marine fish, including members of Lates (Latidae) and Epinephelus (Serranidae).

The genus was proposed for species with a spoon-shaped male copulatory organ with two to four concentric incomplete ridges in the base.^[1]

Etymology

The generic name is derived from the genus of the type-host, Lates.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the valid species included in the genus are:^[2]

• Laticola cyanus Sigura & Justine, 2008 ^[3]
• Laticola dae Journo & Justine, 2006 ^[4]
• Laticola latesi (Tripathi, 1959) Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006 ^[1]
• Laticola paralatesi (Nagibina, 1976) Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006 ^{[5] [1]}
• Laticola seabassi (Wu, Li, Zhu & Xie, 2005) Domingues & Boeger, 2008 ^[6]

Notes and References

1. Yang. Tingbao. Kritsky. Delane C.. Yuan. Sun. Jianying. Zhang. Suhua. Shi. Agrawal. N.. Diplectanids infesting the gills of the barramundi Lates calcarifer (Bloch) (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with the proposal of Laticola n. g. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae). Systematic Parasitology. 63. 2. 2006. 125–139. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-005-9006-6. 16718593. 12959234 .
2. WoRMS (2018). Laticola Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517965 on 2018-10-15
3. Sigura . A. . Justine . J.-L. . 2008 . Monogeneans of the speckled blue grouper, Epinephelus cyanopodus (Perciformes, Serranidae), from off New Caledonia, with a description of four new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus and one new species of Laticola (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and evidence of monogenean faunal changes according to the size of fish . Zootaxa . 1695 . 1–44 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1695.1.1 .
4. Journo. Chloé. Justine. Jean-Lou. Laticola dae n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from Epinephelus maculatus (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia. Systematic Parasitology. 64. 3. 2006. 173–180. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-006-9029-7. 16786282 . free.
5. Nagibina, L. F. (1976). [New species of the genus ''Diplectanum'' (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae)]. In: [Fauna, systematics and phylogeny of Monogenoidea.] Trudy Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta, Novaya Seriya, 35, 89-96.
6. Wu . X. Y. . Li . A. X. . Zhu . X. Q. . Xie . M. Q. . 2005 . Description of Pseudorhabdosynochus seabassi sp n. (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) from Lates calcarifer and revision of the phylogenetic position of Diplectanum grouperi (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) based on rDNA sequence data . Folia Parasitologica . 52 . 3. 231–240 . 10.14411/fp.2005.031 . 16270804 . free .