Oliveriplectanum

Oliveriplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All its species are parasites on marine perciform fishes (Lutjanidae, Priacanthidae).

Oliveriplectanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Monogenea
Order:
Monopisthocotylea
Family:
Diplectanidae
Genus:
Oliveriplectanum

Domingues & Boeger, 2008
Species

See text.

Etymology

The genus was named Guy Oliver, "in recognition of his valuable work on the Diplectanidae".[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,[1] there are only three species in the genus. All three have been described previously as members of Diplectanum by Satyu Yamaguti.[3][1] All the species were found on fish collected off Hawaii.

  • Oliveriplectanum curvivagina (Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2008
  • Oliveriplectanum opakapaka (Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2008
  • Oliveriplectanum priacanthi (Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2008

References
  1. WoRMS (2018). Oliveriplectanum Domingues & Boeger, 2008. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517973 on 2018-12-23
  2. Domingues, M. V.; Boeger, W. A. (2008). Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea). Zootaxa. 1698: 1-40.
  3. Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
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