Microcotyle bassensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae |
| Genus: | Microcotyle |
| Species: | M. bassensis
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| Microcotyle bassensis Murray, 1931[1]
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Microcotyle bassensis is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.[1]
Systematics
[edit]Microcotyle bassensis was first described by Florence Murray in 1931.[1] It was redescribed by Woolcock in 1936 from specimens forwarded to him by Murray,[3] and by Dillon et al., (1985) who completed the original and subsequent redescription of the adult's morphology.[4] Microcotyle bassensis was transferred by Caballero & Bravo-Hollis to the genus Paramicrocotyle as Paramicrocotyle bassensis.[2] Mamaev, in his revision of the family Microcotylidae, suppressed this combination, reassigned the species to the genus Microcotyle and considered Paramicrocotyle a junior subjective synonym of Microcotyle.[5]
A sequence of the species' ITS2 rDNA gene has been published.[6]
Hosts and localities
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The type-host is the Southern sand flathead Platycephalus bassensis (Platycephalidae ).[1] It was also recorded on other Platycephalidae; the bluespotted flathead Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus and the flathead Platycephalus haackei (currently Platycephalus richardsoni),[4] and from Platycephalus sp.[6]
Microcotyle bassensis was first described from fishes caught off Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was also reported again from the type locality.[4][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Murray, Florence V. (1931). "Gill Trematodes from some Australian Fishes". Parasitology. 23 (4): 492–506. doi:10.1017/S0031182000013883. ISSN 0031-1820. S2CID 85731699.
- ^ a b Caballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151-165. PDF
- ^ Woolcock, Violet (1936). "Monogenetic Trematodes from some Australian Fishes". Parasitology. 28 (1): 79–91. doi:10.1017/S0031182000022277. ISSN 0031-1820. S2CID 251058449.
- ^ a b c Dillon, W. A., Hargis Jr, W. J., & Harrises, A. E. (1985). Monogeneans from the southern Pacific Ocean: Polyopisthocotyleids from the Australian fishes. The subfamily Microcotylinae. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal [1984], 63, (3), 348-359. Translation Series Number 32 of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, U.S.A. March, 1985 PDF of English Translation from Russian
- ^ Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199-206. PDF
- ^ a b c Hayward, Craig J.; Bott, Nathan J.; Itoh, Naoki; Iwashita, Makoto; Okihiro, Mark; Nowak, Barbara F. (2007). "Three species of parasites emerging on the gills of mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843), cultured in Australia" (PDF). Aquaculture. 265 (1–4): 27–40. Bibcode:2007Aquac.265...27H. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.02.004. ISSN 0044-8486.
