Aetheolabes
Appearance
Aetheolabes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Dactylogyridea |
Family: | Diplectanidae |
Genus: | Aetheolabes Boeger & Kritsky, 2009 |
Species: | A. goeldiensis
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Binomial name | |
Aetheolabes goeldiensis Boeger & Kritsky, 2009
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Aetheolabes is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek aethes ("strange") and labes ("tool to grasp, forceps, tongs"), referring to the haptor's morphology.[1]
Species
[edit]According to the World Register of Marine Species, the only species included in the genus is Aetheolabes goeldiensis.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Boeger, Walter A.; Kritsky, Delane C. (2009). "Neotropical Monogenoidea. 54. Proposal of Aetheolabes n. g. (Dactylogyrinea: Diplectanidae), with the description of A. goeldiensis n. sp. from the gills of 'pescada' Plagioscion sp. (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) in Brazil". Systematic Parasitology. 74 (2): 137–142. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9193-7. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 19731097. S2CID 24975451.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Aetheolabes Boeger & Kritsky, 2009. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717450 on 2018-08-16