Anchoradiscoides

Anchoradiscoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Monopisthocotylea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Anchoradiscoides
Rogers, 1967 [1]
Species

See text.

Anchoradiscoides is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae. All members of the genus are parasitic on North American centrachid fish.[2] [3]

Species

A single species is considered valid according to WoRMS: [2]

  • Anchoradiscoides serpentinus Rogers, 1967 [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rogers, W. A. (1967). New genera and species of Ancyrocephalinae (Trematoda: Monogenea) from centrarchid fishes of the southeastern US. Journal of Parasitology, 53, 15-20. JSTOR
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2018). Anchoradiscoides Rogers, 1967. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253961 on 2018-08-14
  3. Beverley-Burton, M. (1986). The taxonomic status of Actinocleidus Mueller, 1937; Anchoradiscus Mizelle, 1941; Clavunculus Mizelle et al., 1956; Anchoradiscoides Rogers, 1967; Syncleithrium Price, 1967 and Crinicleidus n. gen.: North American ancyrocephalids (Monogenea) with articulating haptoral bars. Journal of Parasitology, 72, 22-44. JSTOR


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