Ameloblastella

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

Ameloblastella
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Ameloblastella

Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000
Species

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Species

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

  • Ameloblastella chavarriai (Price, 1938) Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000
  • Ameloblastella edentensis Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
  • Ameloblastella formatrium Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
  • Ameloblastella peruensis Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
  • Ameloblastella unapioides Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]

References

  1. Kritsky, D. C., Mendoza-Franco, E. F., & Scholz, T. (2000). Neotropical Monogenoidea. 36. Dactylogyrids from the gills of Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, with proposal of Ameloblastella gen. n. and Aphanoblastella gen. n.(Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae). Comparative Parasitology, 67(1), 76-84.
  2. WoRMS (2018). Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253718 on 2018-08-12
  3. Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Mendoza-Palmero, Carlos A.; Scholz, Tomáš (2016). "New species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 and Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gills of catfishes (Siluriformes) from the Peruvian Amazonia". Systematic Parasitology. 93 (9): 847–862. doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9671-7. ISSN 0165-5752.


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