Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis
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| Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis | |
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| Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis on the gills of its host-fish | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhabdosynochus |
| Species: | P. lantauensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis (Beverley-Burton & Suriano, 1981)[1] | |
Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the longtooth grouper, Epinephelus bruneus. It was described in 1981 as Cycloplectanum lantauensis [2] and later transferred to the genus Pseudorhabdosynochus by Kritsky & Beverley-Burton in 1986.[1]
Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis is a small monogenean.[2] The species has the general characteristics of other species of Pseudorhabdosynochus, with a flat body and a posterior haptor, which is the organ by which the monogenean attaches itself to the gill of is host. The haptor bears two squamodiscs, one ventral and one dorsal. The sclerotized male copulatory organ, or "quadriloculate organ", has the shape of a bean with four internal chambers, as in other species of Pseudorhabdosynochus.[1] The vagina includes a sclerotized part, which is a complex structure.
