Anchoromicrocotylinae
Anchoromicrocotyle guaymensis (Type-species of Anchoromicrocotyle )
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Microcotylidae
Subfamily: Anchoromicrocotylinae
Bravo-Hollis, 1981

Anchoromicrocotylinae is a subfamily of flatworms within the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Bravo-Hollis in 1981, to accommodate Monogeneans recovered from the gills of Atractoscion nobilis (Sciaenidae) (synonym of Cynoscion nobilis ) caught off California. In the same work, Bravo-Hollis in 1981 created the new genus Anchoromicrocotyle and amended the diagnosis of the family Microcotylidae.[1] Members of Anchoromicrocotylinae differ from other Microcotylidae by the presence of a larval organ and larval hooks and the structure of the genital complex.[1]

Morphology

Members of Anchoromicrocotylinae are characterized by a symmetric haptor, with a sharp end that bears three pairs of larval hooks. The digestive system includes two oral suckers with papillary borders, a pharynx and an esophagus. The male genital system includes numerous testes located behind the ovary (post-ovarian testes), a vas deferens and a complex male copulatory organ, composed of: a male atrium, a penis, and a prostate vesicle. The female genital system include a complex ovary, a genito-intestinal canal, an ootype, a uterus, and a single dorsal unarmed vagina.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] there are two genera in this subfamily:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bravo-Hollis, M. (1981). Helmintos de peces del Pacífico mexicano XXXVI. Sobre un género y subfamilia nuevos de la familia Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Emend. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Vol. 8, pp. 305-314).
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2019). Anchoromicrocotylinae Bravo-Hollis, 1981. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307060 on 2019-11-24
  3. ↑ Price, E. W. (1962). North American monogenetic trematodes. XI. The family Heteraxinidae. Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 48, 402-418.
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