Rhamnocercus

Rhamnocercus is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of Rhamnocercus are parasites of marine perciform fishes of the family Sciaenidae.

Rhamnocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Monogenea
Order:
Monopisthocotylea
Family:
Diplectanidae
Genus:
Rhamnocercus

Monaco, Wood & Mizelle, 1954
Species

See text.

Species

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

  • Rhamnocercus bairdiella Hargis, 1955 [3]
  • Rhamnocercus margaritae Fuentes-Zambrano, 1997 [4]
  • Rhamnocercus oliveri Luque & Iannacone, 1991 [5]
  • Rhamnocercus rhamnocercus Monaco, Wood & Mizelle, 1954 [1] (Type-species)
  • Rhamnocercus stelliferi Luque & Iannacone, 1991 [5]

References
  1. Monaco, L. H., Wood, R. A., & Mizelle, J. D. (1954). Studies on Monogenetic Trematodes. XVI. Rhamnocercinae, a new subfamily of Dactylogyridae. The American Midland Naturalist, 52(1), 129-132.
  2. WoRMS (2018). Rhamnocercus Monaco, Wood & Mizelle, 1954. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517979 on 2018-12-26
  3. Hargis, W.J. Jr. (1955) Monogenetic Trematodes of Gulf of Mexico Fishes. Part III. The Superfamily Gyrodactyloidea(continued). Quarterly journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 18, 33–47.
  4. Zambrano, J.L.F. (1997) Dos especies nuevas de monogéneos (Diplectanidae) parásitos de peces marinos de la Laguna de la Restinga. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, série Zoologia, 68: 225–236. PDF
  5. Luque, J.L. & Iannacone, J. (1991) Rhamnocercidae (Monogenea: Dactylogyroidea) in Sciaenidae fishes from Perú, with description of Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi n. gen., n. sp. and two new species of Rhamnocercus. Revista de Biología Tropical, 39, 193–201. PDF
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