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Nasobranchitrema Yamaguti 1965

Description

Nasobranchitrema Yamaguti, 1965

Diagnosis: With the characteristics of the subfamily.

Type species: Nasobranchitrema pacificum Yamaguti, 1965 from Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker) (type host), Naso lituratus (Forster), Naso brevirostris (Cuvier), and Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard) (Acanthuridae).

Remarks: Young (1969) transferred Nasobranchitrema from Diplectanidae to Ancyrocephalinae (Dactylogyridae) based on the apparent intercaecal germarium. However, studied specimens clearly show germarium looping right of intestinal caecum. This characteristic is apparently symplesiomorphic for Diplectanidae (see Kritsky & Boeger 1989) and, thus, it does not support Young (1969) ’s proposal.

Notes

Published as part of Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1698 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180750

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References

  • Yamaguti, S. (1965) New monogenetic trematodes from Hawaiian fishes. I. Pacific Science, 19, 55 - 95.
  • Young, P. C. (1969) Some monogenoideans of the family Diplectanidae Bychowsky 1957, from Australian Teleost fishes. Journal of Helminthology, 43, 223 - 254.
  • Kritsky, D. C. & Boeger, W. A. (1989) The phylogenetic status of Ancyrocephalidae Bychowsky, 1937 (Monogenea: Dactylogyroidea). Journal of Parasitology, 75, 207 - 211.