Laticola

Laticola is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All known species are parasitic on the gills of marine fish, including members of Lates (Latidae) and Epinephelus (Serranidae).

Laticola
Laticola dae, body (left) and sclerotised parts of the genital organs (right)
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Laticola

Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006
Species

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The genus was proposed for species with a spoon-shaped male copulatory organ with two to four concentric incomplete ridges in the base.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the valid species included in the genus are:[2]

References

  1. Yang, Tingbao; Kritsky, Delane C.; Yuan, Sun; Jianying, Zhang; Suhua, Shi; Agrawal, N. (2006). "Diplectanids infesting the gills of the barramundi Lates calcarifer (Bloch) (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with the proposal of Laticola n. g. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 63 (2): 125–139. doi:10.1007/s11230-005-9006-6. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 16718593.
  2. WoRMS (2018). Laticola Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517965 on 2018-10-15
  3. Sigura, A.; Justine, J.-L. (2008). "Monogeneans of the speckled blue grouper, Epinephelus cyanopodus (Perciformes, Serranidae), from off New Caledonia, with a description of four new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus and one new species of Laticola (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and evidence of monogenean faunal changes according to the size of fish". Zootaxa. 1695: 1–44.
  4. Journo, Chloé; Justine, Jean-Lou (2006). "Laticola dae n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from Epinephelus maculatus (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology. 64 (3): 173–180. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9029-7. ISSN 0165-5752.
  5. Nagibina, L. F. (1976). [New species of the genus Diplectanum (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae)]. In: [Fauna, systematics and phylogeny of Monogenoidea.] Trudy Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta, Novaya Seriya, 35, 89-96.
  6. Wu, X. Y.; Li, A. X.; Zhu, X. Q.; Xie, M. Q. (2005). "Description of Pseudorhabdosynochus seabassi sp n. (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) from Lates calcarifer and revision of the phylogenetic position of Diplectanum grouperi (Monogenea : Diplectanidae) based on rDNA sequence data". Folia Parasitologica. 52 (3): 231–240. doi:10.14411/fp.2005.031.
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