Cichlidogyrus makasai

Cichlidogyrus makasai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Monopisthocotylea
Family: Dactylogyridae
Genus: Cichlidogyrus
Species: Cichlidogyrus makasai
Vanhove, Volckaert & Pariselle, 2011

Cichlidogyrus makasai is a species of Monopisthocotylean Monogenean, belonging in the family Dactylogyridae. It was first found infecting the gills of Ophthalmotilapia ventralis in Lake Tanganyika. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by the unusual length of its dorsal transverse bar auricles.[1]

References

  1. Vanhove, Maarten P. M.; Volckaert, Filip A. M.; Pariselle, Antoine (2011). "Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: I: Four new species of Cichlidogyrus from Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), the first record of this parasite family in the basin". Zoologia (Curitiba, Impresso). 28 (2): 253–263. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702011000200016. ISSN 1984-4670.

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