Aristocleidus

Aristocleidus is a genus of monogeneans erected by Justus F. Mueller in 1936.[1] The genus has been revised by Delane C. Kritsky and Edgar F. Mendoza–Franco in 2008.[2] The amended generic diagnosis is: species with gonads overlapping, ventral anchors with deeply incised base forming deep and superficial roots, a coiled tube of the male copulatory organ (nonarticulated with the accessory piece) in a clockwise orientation, and haptoral hooks with upright acute thumb, slender shank comprising one subunit and FH loop.[2][3]

Aristocleidus
Aristocleidus mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Monogenea
Order:
Monopisthocotylea
Family:
Dactylogyridae
Genus:
Aristocleidus

Mueller, 1936 [1]
Type species
Aristocleidus hastatus
Mueller, 1936 [1]
Species

See text.

Two new species, parasitic in the Mexican mojarra Eugerres mexicanus (Perciformes, Gerreidae) from southwestern Mexico have been described by Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, Marina Tapia Osorio and Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano in 2015.[3]

Species
  • Aristocleidus hastatus Mueller, 1936 [1]
  • Aristocleidus lamothei Kritsky & Mendoza-Franco, 2008 [2]
  • Aristocleidus mexicanus Mendoza-Franco, Osorio & Caspeta-Mandujano, 2015 [3]
  • Aristocleidus lacantuni Mendoza-Franco, Osorio & Caspeta-Mandujano, 2015 [3]

References
  1. Mueller, Justus F. (October 1936). "New Gyrodactyloid Trematodes from North American Fishes". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 55 (4): 457–464. doi:10.2307/3222529. JSTOR 3222529.
  2. Kritsky, Delane C.; Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F. (August 2008). "Revision of Aristocleidus (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), rediscovery of Aristocleidus hastatus, and description of Aristocleidus lamothei n. sp. from the Peruvian Mojarra Diapterus peruvianus (Teleostei: Gerreidae) in Mexico". Revista mexicana de biodiversidad. 79: 75–82. hdl:10088/22204. S2CID 83360137.
  3. Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Osorio, Marina Tapia; Caspeta-Mandujano, Juan Manuel (2015). "Two new species of Aristocleidus (Monogenea) from the gills of the Mexican mojarra Eugerres mexicanus (Perciformes, Gerreidae) from southwestern Mexico". Parasite. 22: 33. doi:10.1051/parasite/2015033. PMC 4659690. PMID 26605987.
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