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| Lethacotyle vera Justine, Rahmouni, Gey, Schoelinck & Hoberg, 2013
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Lethacotyle vera is a species of monogenean of the family Protomicrocotylidae Johston & Tiegs, 1922[1].
The species is ectoparasitic on the gills of Caranx papuensis off New Caledonia and was found only in this locality[2]. It is the second species of the genus Lethacotyle Manter & Prince, 1953 described after the type-species, Lethacotyle fijiensis Manter & Prince, 1953.[3]
The posterior part of the body of L. vera is asymmetrical. It bears a terminal lappet which is striated, and there are no clamps - this is a characteristic of the genus Lethacotyle[3][2].
References
- ^ a b Johnston, T. A. & Tiegs, O. W. 1922: New gyrodactyloid trematodes from Australian fishes together with a reclassification of the super-family Gyrodactyloidea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 47, 83-131.
- ^ a b c Justine J-L, Rahmouni C, Gey D, Schoelinck C, Hoberg EP (2013). "The Monogenean which lost its clamps". PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079155. PMID 24278118.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b c Manter, H. W. & Prince, D. F. 1953: Some Monogenetic Trematodes of marine fishes from Fiji. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 20, 105-112.
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