Microcotyle bassensis
| Microcotyle bassensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae |
| Genus: | Microcotyle |
| Species: | M. bassensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Microcotyle bassensis Murray, 1931[1]
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Microcotyle bassensis is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.[1]
Systematics
[edit | edit source]Microcotyle bassensis was first described by Florence Murray in 1931.[1] It was redescribed by Woolcock in 1936 from specimens forwarded to him by Murray,[3] and by Dillon et al., (1985) who completed the original and subsequent redescription of the adult's morphology.[4] Microcotyle bassensis was transferred by Caballero & Bravo-Hollis to the genus Paramicrocotyle as Paramicrocotyle bassensis.[2] Mamaev, in his revision of the family Microcotylidae, suppressed this combination, reassigned the species to the genus Microcotyle and considered Paramicrocotyle a junior subjective synonym of Microcotyle.[5]
A sequence of the species' ITS2 rDNA gene has been published.[6]
Hosts and localities
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The type-host is the Southern sand flathead Platycephalus bassensis (Platycephalidae ).[1] It was also recorded on other Platycephalidae; the bluespotted flathead Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus and the flathead Platycephalus haackei (currently Platycephalus richardsoni),[4] and from Platycephalus sp.[6]
Microcotyle bassensis was first described from fishes caught off Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was also reported again from the type locality.[4][6]
References
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- ^ a b Caballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151-165. PDF Open access icon
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- ^ a b c Dillon, W. A., Hargis Jr, W. J., & Harrises, A. E. (1985). Monogeneans from the southern Pacific Ocean: Polyopisthocotyleids from the Australian fishes. The subfamily Microcotylinae. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal [1984], 63, (3), 348-359. Translation Series Number 32 of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, U.S.A. March, 1985 PDF of English Translation from Russian Open access icon
- ^ Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199-206. PDF Open access icon
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