Protolamellodiscus

Protolamellodiscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Dactylogyridea
Family:	Diplectanidae
Genus:	Protolamellodiscus Oliver, 1969
Species
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Protolamellodiscus is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of Protolamellodiscus are parasites of marine perciform fishes of the families Lethrinidae, Nemipteridae, Serranidae and Sparidae.

Species

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

• Protolamellodiscus convolutus (Yamaguti, 1953) Oliver, 1987 [3][4]
• Protolamellodiscus raibauti Oliver & Radujkovic, 1987 [5]
• Protolamellodiscus senilobatus Kritsky, Jiménez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000 [6]
• Protolamellodiscus serranelli (Euzet & Oliver, 1965) Oliver, 1969 [7][1] (Type-species)

References

1. Oliver G., 1969. Recherches sur les Diplectanidae (Monogenea) parasites de Téléostéens du Golfe du Lion. II. Lamellodiscinae nov. sub-fam. Vie & Milieu. 20 (l-A): 43-72.
2. WoRMS (2018). Protolamellodiscus Oliver, 1969. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119294 on 2018-12-27
3. Yamaguti, S. (1953). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 2. Monogenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medicinae Okayama, 8(3): 204-256.
4. Oliver, Guy (2015). Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse (thesis). Figshare. doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274.
5. Oliver, G.; Radujkovic, B. (1987). "Protolamellodiscus raibauti n. sp., une nouvelle espèce de Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea) parasite de Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sparidae)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 62 (3): 209–213. doi:10.1051/parasite/1987623209. ISSN 0003-4150. PMID 3662326.
6. Kritsky, D.C., Jiménez-Ruiz, F.A. & Sey, O. (2000) Diplectanids (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from the gills of marine fishes of the Persian Gulf of Kuwait. Comparative Parasitology, 67, 145–164.
7. Euzet, L.; Oliver, G. (1965). "Diplectanidae (Monogenea) de Téléostéens de la Méditerranée occidentale II. Parasites d'Epinephelus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 40 (5): 517–523. doi:10.1051/parasite/1965405517. ISSN 0003-4150.