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Gyrocerviceanseris

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Gyrocerviceanseris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Gyrodactylidae
Genus: Gyrocerviceanseris
Cone, Abbott, Gilmore & Burt, 2010[1]
Species:
G. passamaquoddyensis
Binomial name
Gyrocerviceanseris passamaquoddyensis
Cone, Abbott, Gilmore & Burt, 2010

Gyrocerviceanseris is a genus of monogeneans in the family Gyrodactylidae. It consists of one species, Gyrocerviceanseris passamaquoddyensis.[1]

Etymology

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The genus name is derived from cervicus, meaning "neck", and anseris, meaning "goose"; therefore, the genus name literally means "goose-neck", in reference to the shape of the hamulus root. The specific epithet is derived from the species' type locality, Passamaquoddy Bay.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cone, D., Abbott, C., Gilmore, S. & Burt, M. (2010). A new genus and species of gyrodactylid (Monogenea) from the silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. The Journal of Parasitology, 96(4), 681–684.