| Rhamnocercus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Rhamnocercus Monaco, Wood & Mizelle, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Rhamnocercus rhamnocercus Monaco, Wood & Mizelle, 1954 | |
| Species | |
Rhamnocercus is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of Rhamnocercus are parasites of marine perciform fishes of the family Sciaenidae.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] the following species are included in the genus:
References
- 1 2 Monaco, L. H., Wood, R. A., & Mizelle, J. D. (1954). Studies on Monogenetic Trematodes. XVI. Rhamnocercinae, a new subfamily of Dactylogyridae. The American Midland Naturalist, 52(1), 129-132.
- 1 2 "Rhamnocercus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ↑ Hargis, W.J. Jr. (1955) Monogenetic Trematodes of Gulf of Mexico Fishes. Part III. The Superfamily Gyrodactyloidea(continued). Quarterly journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 18, 33–47.
- ↑ Zambrano, J.L.F. (1997) Dos especies nuevas de monogéneos (Diplectanidae) parásitos de peces marinos de la Laguna de la Restinga. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, série Zoologia, 68: 225–236. PDF
- 1 2 Luque, J.L. & Iannacone, J. (1991) Rhamnocercidae (Monogenea: Dactylogyroidea) in Sciaenidae fishes from Perú, with description of Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi n. gen., n. sp. and two new species of Rhamnocercus. Revista de Biología Tropical, 39, 193–201. PDF
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