Laticola cyanus
Laticola cyanus is a species of diplectanid monogenean that is parasitic on the gills of the blue grouper Epinephelus cyanopodus. It was described in 2008.[1]
| Laticola cyanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Laticola |
| Species: | L. cyanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Laticola cyanus Sigura & Justine, 2008 | |
Etymology
The species epithet, cyanus, blue in Latin, was based on the host name, Epinephelus cyanopodus.[1]
Hosts and localities
The blue grouper Epinephelus cyanopodus, is the host of Laticola cyanus
The type-host and only recorded host of L. cyanus is the blue grouper Epinephelus cyanopodus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae). The type-locality and only recorded locality is off Nouméa, New Caledonia. This grouper also harbours several species of the diplectanid genus Pseudorhabdosynochus, namely P. cyanopodus, P. chauveti, P. podocyanus, P. exoticus, P. duitoe, and P. huitoe, but Laticola cyanus is the only species belonging to the genus Laticola.[1]
References
- Sigura, A.; Justine, J.-L. (2008). "Monogeneans of the speckled blue grouper, Epinephelus cyanopodus (Perciformes, Serranidae), from off New Caledonia, with a description of four new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus and one new species of Laticola (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and evidence of monogenean faunal changes according to the size of fish". Zootaxa. 1695: 1–44.
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