Aethycteron

Aethycteron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Aethycteron
Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982
Species

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Aethycteron is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[1][2] All members of the genus are parasitic on fish. The generic name is derived from the Greek aithycteros, meaning "darter", due to the fact that its members have been found infecting darters.[1]

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Suriano, D. M.; Beverley-Burton, M. (1982). "Aethycteron n.g. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalinae) from darters (Percidae: Etheostomatini) in Ontario, Canada with descriptions of A. caerulei n.sp., A. micropercae n.sp., and A. nigrei n.sp. from Etheostoma spp". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 60 (6): 1397–1407. doi:10.1139/z82-188. ISSN 0008-4301.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Aethycteron Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954664 on 2018-08-12
  3. ^ Cloutman, Donald G.; McAllister, Chris T. (2017). "Aethycteron robisoni n. sp. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from the sunburst darter, Etheostoma mihileze Mayden (Perciformes: Percidae), in Arkansas, USA". Systematic Parasitology. 94 (1): 145–150. doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9687-z. ISSN 0165-5752.