Aethycteron

Aethycteron is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[1][2] All members of the genus are parasitic on fish.

Aethycteron
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Aethycteron

Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982
Species

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Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]

  • Aethycteron ammocryptus (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron caerulei Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron chlorosomus (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron lottensis (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron malleus (Mueller, 1938) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron micropercae Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron moorei (Mizelle, 1940) Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron nigrei Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron nigrofasciatus (Harrises, 1962) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
  • Aethycteron robisoni Cloutman & McAllister, 2017 [3]
  • Aethycteron stigmaeus (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982

References

  1. Suriano, D. M.; Beverley-Burton, M. (1982). "Aethycteron n.g. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalinae) from darters (Percidae: Etheostomatini) in Ontario, Canada with descriptions of A. caerulei n.sp., A. micropercae n.sp., and A. nigrei n.sp. from Etheostoma spp". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 60 (6): 1397–1407. doi:10.1139/z82-188. ISSN 0008-4301.
  2. WoRMS (2018). Aethycteron Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954664 on 2018-08-12
  3. Cloutman, Donald G.; McAllister, Chris T. (2017). "Aethycteron robisoni n. sp. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from the sunburst darter, Etheostoma mihileze Mayden (Perciformes: Percidae), in Arkansas, USA". Systematic Parasitology. 94 (1): 145–150. doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9687-z. ISSN 0165-5752.


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