Pseudorhamnocercoides
Genus of worms
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Pseudorhamnocercoides is a genus of monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] The genus is monospecific, containing the single species Pseudorhamnocercoides stichospinus.[3]
| Pseudorhamnocercoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhamnocercoides Chero, Cruces, Sáez, Iannacone & Luque, 2017 |
| Species: | P. stichospinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhamnocercoides stichospinus (Seamster & Monaco, 1956) Chero, Cruces, Sáez, Iannacone & Luque, 2017 | |
Etymology
The generic name refers "to the several misidentifications of the single species of the new genus as Rhamnocercoides".[2]
