Cichlidogyrus kmentovae

Cichlidogyrus kmentovae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Dactylogyridea
Family:	Ancyrocephalidae
Genus:	Cichlidogyrus
Species:	C. kmentovae
Binomial name
	Cichlidogyrus kmentovae; Jorissen, Pariselle & Vanhove in Jorissen et al., 2018

Cichlidogyrus kmentovae is a species of monopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Dactylogyridae (or Ancyrocephalidae according to certain classifications). It is a parasite of the gills of the fish Hemichromis stellifer (Perciforme, Cichlidae) of the lower Basin of River Congo.^[1]

Etymology

According to Jorissen et al. (2018), the specific epithet kmentovae refers to "biologist Nikol Kmentová (Czech Republic), an enthusiastic researcher on the monogenean fauna of Lake Tanganyika".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Jorissen, Michiel W.P.; Pariselle, Antoine; Huyse, Tine; Vreven, Emmanuel J.; Snoeks, Jos; Decru, Eva; Kusters, Thomas; Lunkayilakio, Soleil Wamuini; Bukinga, Fidel Muterezi; Artois, Tom; Vanhove, Maarten P.M. (2018). "Six new dactylogyrid species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei, Cichliformes) from the Lower Congo Basin". Parasite. 25: 64. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018059. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6284406. PMID 30526819.

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[JorissenPariselle2018-1] Jorissen, Michiel W.P.; Pariselle, Antoine; Huyse, Tine; Vreven, Emmanuel J.; Snoeks, Jos; Decru, Eva; Kusters, Thomas; Lunkayilakio, Soleil Wamuini; Bukinga, Fidel Muterezi; Artois, Tom; Vanhove, Maarten P.M. (2018). "Six new dactylogyrid species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei, Cichliformes) from the Lower Congo Basin". Parasite. 25: 64. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018059. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6284406. PMID 30526819.

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