Cichlidogyrus jeanloujustinei
Cichlidogyrus jeanloujustinei is a species of monopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Dactylogyridae (or Ancyrocephalidae according to certain classifications). It is a parasite of the gills of the fish Eretmodus marksmithi (Perciforme, Cichlidae) in Lake Tanganyika, Burundi.[1]
| Cichlidogyrus jeanloujustinei | |
|---|---|
.gif) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Ancyrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Cichlidogyrus |
| Species: | C. jeanloujustinei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cichlidogyrus jeanloujustinei Rahmouni, Vanhove & Šimková, 2017 | |
Etymology
According to Rahmouni, Vanhove & Šimková, the specific epithet jeanloujustinei “honors the French parasitologist Jean-Lou Justine, Professor at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, who is extensively studying the systematics and biodiversity of monogeneans, digeneans, and nematodes.”[1]
References
- Rahmouni, Chahrazed; Vanhove, Maarten P. M.; Šimková, Andrea (2017). "Underexplored diversity of gill monogeneans in cichlids from Lake Tanganyika: eight new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the northern basin of the lake, with remarks on the vagina and the heel of the male copulatory organ". Parasites & Vectors. 10 (1): 591. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2460-6. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 5712084. PMID 29197419.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.