Allogastrocotyle

Allogastrocotyle
Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Gastrocotylidae
Genus: Allogastrocotyle
Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984[1]

Allogastrocotyle is a genus within the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. The only species in this genus (Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis) is parasitic upon fish.[1][2][3]

Systematics

Allogastrocotyle was established to accommodate Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis from the gills of the rough scad Trachurus lathami, and designated as the type species of the genus. [1] This genus resembles Gastrocotyle and Pseudaxine especially in having a haptor developed on one side of the body. However, it differs by the following features:

  • Two ventro-lateral vaginal pores, one on each side of the body.
  • Clamps supported by short peduncles.
  • Haptor occupying two longitudinal thirds of the body. [1]

Species

Allogastrocotyle includes one species:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Nasir, P. & Fuentes, J.L. (1983). "Algunos trematodos monogeneticos Venezolanos". Revista de Parasitologia. 44: 335-380. (In Spanish).
  2. ^ Metazoan parasites in the neotropics: a systematic and ecological perspective. UNAM. 2000. ISBN 9789683688279.
  3. ^ Bouguerche, Chahinez; Tazerouti, Fadila; Gey, Delphine; Justine, Jean-Lou (2019). "Redescription and molecular characterisation of Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1983 (Monogenea: Gastrocotylidae) from Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich) (Perciformes: Carangidae) off the Algerian coast, Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). Systematic Parasitology. 96 (8): 681–694. doi:10.1007/s11230-019-09883-7. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 31576478. S2CID 203625947.