Plectanocotyle

Plectanocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Plectanocotylidae. It includes five species of parasites on the gills of fish.[1]

Plectanocotyle
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Plectanocotylidae
Genus: Plectanocotyle
Diesing, 1850
Type species
Plectanocotyle elliptica
Diesing, 1850

Species

According to a study funded by The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative,[1] there are four valid species in this genus:

  • Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941
  • Plectanocotyle jeanloujustinei Cappelletti & Bouguerche, 2024[1]
  • Plectanocotyle lastovizae Ayadi, Tazerouti, Gey & Justine, 2022[2]
  • Plectanocotyle major Boudaya, Neifar & Euzet, 2006[3]

Other Species

Plectanocotyle elliptica Diesing, 1850: described probabley based on a mutilated specimen, and most importantly, it was suggested that either the host fish had been misidentified or the specimen had been mislabeled as to origin (Price, 1961). It is considered currently a species inquirenda.[1]

Plectanocotyle caudata Lebour, 1908: considered currently synonym of P. gurnardi.[1]

Plectanocotyle lorenzii Monticelli, 1899: considered currently a species inquirenda.[2]

References
  1. Cappelletti, Alice; Bouguerche, Chahinez (2024). ""Something old, something new, something borrowed, and the oioxeny is true": description of Plectanocotyle jeanloujustinei n. sp. (Polyopisthocotylea, Plectanocotylidae) from the MNHN Helminthology collection with novel molecular and morphological data for P. gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) (sensu stricto) from Sweden". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 23: 100914. doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100914. PMC 10901078.
  2. Ayadi, Zouhour El Mouna; Tazerouti, Fadila; Gey, Delphine; Justine, Jean-Lou (2022-02-01). "A revision of Plectanocotyle (Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae), with molecular barcoding of three species and the description of a new species from the streaked gurnard Chelidonichthys lastoviza off Algeria". PeerJ. 10: e12873. doi:10.7717/peerj.12873. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8815378. PMID 35178303.
  3. Boudaya, Lobna; Neifar, Lassad; Euzet, Louis (2006). "Plectanocotyle major sp. n. (Monogenea: Plectanocotylidae), a gill parasite of Chelidonichthys obscurus (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Mediterranean Sea". Folia Parasitologica. 53 (1): 53–56. doi:10.14411/fp.2006.004. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 16696431.
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