Echinoplectanum laeve
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Echinoplectanum laeve is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the coralgrouper, Plectropomus laevis. It has been described in 2006. [1] E. laeve is the type-species of the genus Echinoplectanum.
Etymology
Echinoplectanum laeve was named for the species of its type-host, Plectropomus laevis.
References
- ^ a b Justine, Jean-Lou; Euzet, Louis (2006). "Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasitic on the gills of the coralgroupers Plectropomus laevis and P. leopardus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off New Caledonia, with the description of five new species and the erection of Echinoplectanum n. g.". Systematic Parasitology. 64 (3): 147–172. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9028-8. ISSN 0165-5752.