Echinoplectanum pudicum
| Echinoplectanum pudicum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Echinoplectanum |
| Species: | E. pudicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinoplectanum pudicum | |
Echinoplectanum pudicum is a species of diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the leopard coralgrouper, Plectropomus leopardus. It has been described in 2006. [1] This species was distinguished from all other species of the genus Echinoplectanum by the shape and small size of its male copulatory organ, and the apparent absence of a sclerotised vagina.
Etymology[edit]
The epithet pudicum (Latin for bashful, chaste) refers to the low level of development of the reproductive organs.[1]
Hosts and localities[edit]
The leopard coral grouper Plectropomus leopardus is the type-host of Echinoplectanum pudicum. The type-locality is the coral reef off Nouméa, New Caledonia.[1] In New Caledonia, this fish harbours three species of the genus Echinoplectanum, namely E. pudicum, E. rarum and E. leopardi.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Justine, Jean-Lou; Euzet, Louis (2006). "Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasitic on the gills of the coralgroupers Plectropomus laevis and P. leopardus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of Echinoplectanum n. g." Systematic Parasitology. 64 (3): 147–172. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9028-8. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 16786281.