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Pseudoleptorhynchoides

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Pseudoleptorhynchoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala
Order: Echinorhynchida
Family: Rhadinorhynchidae
Genus: Pseudoleptorhynchoides
Salgado-Maldonado, 1976
Species:
P. lamothei
Binomial name
Pseudoleptorhynchoides lamothei
Salgado-Maldonado, 1976

Pseudoleptorhynchoides is a monotypic genus of worms belonging to the family Rhadinorhynchidae. The only species is Pseudoleptorhynchoides lamothei.[1]

It parasitizes blue sea catfish (Ariopsis guatemalensis) in a eutrophic coastal lagoon from Pacific off the coast of Mexico.[2] Phylogenetic tests were done.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pseudoleptorhynchoides Salgado-Maldonado, 1976". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ Carpio-Hernandez, D. I., Violante-González, J., Monks, S., Hernández-Gómez, J. C., Rodríguez-Alviso, C., Rojas-Herrera, A. A., … Rodríguez-Ibarra, E. (2024). Temporal dynamics of parasite populations and communities of blue sea catfish Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864), in a eutrophic coastal lagoon from Mexican Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 58(25–28), 909–928. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2370668
  3. ^ García-Varela, Martín; González-Oliver, Angélica (2008). "The Systematic Position of Leptorhynchoides (Kostylew, 1924) and Pseudoleptorhynchoides (Salgado-Maldonado, 1976), Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Gene Sequences". Journal of Parasitology. 94 (4): 959–962. doi:10.1645/GE-1420.1. PMID 18576776.