Pseudodiplectanum Explained

Pseudodiplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.^{[1] [2]} Species of Pseudodiplectanum are parasites of marine teleost fish (Pleuronectiformes and Osteoglossiformes).

Species

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

• Pseudodiplectanum bychowskii Nagibina, 1977 ^[3]
• Pseudodiplectanum caballeroi Nagibina, 1977 ^[3]
• Pseudodiplectanum cynoglossum Tripathi, 1955 ^[1]
• Pseudodiplectanum gibsoni Oliver, 1987 ^[4]
• Pseudodiplectanum kearnei Vala, Lopez-Roman & Aboudaoud, 1980 ^[5]
• Pseudodiplectanum kearni Oliver, 1980 ^[6]
• Pseudodiplectanum lucknowense Agrawal & Sharma, 1986 ^[7]
• Pseudodiplectanum syrticum Derbel, Boudaya & Neifar, 2007 ^[8]

Notes and References

1. Tripathi, Y. R. (1955). Studies on the parasites of Indian fishes. II. Monogenea, Family: Dactylogyridae. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 7(1), 5-24.
2. WoRMS (2018). Pseudodiplectanum Tripathi, 1955. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119295 on 2018-12-23
3. Nagibina, L.F. (1977) New data on the genus Pseudodiplectanum Tripathi, 1955 (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae). In: Excerta Parasitológica en memoria del Doctor Eduardo Caballero y Caballero. México. Instituto de Biología, Publicaciones Especiales, 4, 85–89.
4. Guy. Oliver. Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse.. 2015 . Figshare . 10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274. thesis . free.
5. Vala, J.C., Lopez Roman, R. & Boudaoud, K. (1980) Pseudiplectanum kearnei n. sp. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) parasite branchial de Solea vulgaris Quensel, 1806 en Méditérranée. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 40, 21–26.
6. Oliver, G. (1980) Description de Pseudodiplectanum kearni n. sp. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae), des côtes européennes, parasite d’un Poisson Pleuronectiforme. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie, Paris, 4ème série, 2 Sect A, n° 3, 691–695.
7. Agrawal, N. & Sharma, R. (1986) Pseudodiplectanum lucknowensis n. sp., a new monogenean in Notopterus chitala (Ham.) from Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology. 6, 256–260.
8. Derbel. Hela. Boudaya. Lobna. Neifar. Lassad. Pseudodiplectanum syrticum n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), a parasite of Synapturichthys kleinii (Teleostei: Soleidae) from off Tunisia. Systematic Parasitology. 68. 3. 2007. 225–231. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-007-9108-4. 17896190 . 23957654 .