Teraplectanum

Teraplectanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Teraplectanum
Lim, 2015
Species

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Teraplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of the genus are parasitic on the gills of fish in the family Teraponidae.

Susan Lim (2015) described the genus on the basis of the arrangement of the copulatory apparatus and wrote: "in species of Teraplectanum, spermatozoa stored in the seminal vesicle and secretions stored in the prostatic reservoir are transferred into, and mixed to form semen within, a special sclerotized auxiliary piece".[1]

Etymology

The generic name is derived from Terapon, the genus of the type-host, and Diplectanum, the type genus of the family Diplectanidae.

Species

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lim, L.H.S. (2015). "Teraplectanum n. g. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the banded grunter fish, Terapon theraps Cuvier (Perciformes: Terapontidae), off Peninsular Malaysia". Journal of Helminthology. 89 (3): 307–316. doi:10.1017/S0022149X1400008X. ISSN 0022-149X. PMID 24698519. S2CID 2941424.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Teraplectanum Lim, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766288 on 2018-12-26
  3. ^ Zhang, J.-Y.; Liu, L.; Ding, X.-J.; Chen, Z.-B. (2000). "Monogenea of Chinese Marine Fishes. XI. Two new species of the genus Diplectanum Diesing, 1858". Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 24: 236–240. doi:10.3724/issn1000-3207-2000-2-150-a.