Biology:Aetheolabes

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Aetheolabes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Aetheolabes
Boeger & Kritsky, 2009
Species:
A. goeldiensis
Binomial name
Aetheolabes goeldiensis
Boeger & Kritsky, 2009

Aetheolabes is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2]

Etymology

The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek aethes ("strange") and labes ("tool to grasp, forceps, tongs"), referring to the haptor's morphology.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the only species included in the genus is Aetheolabes goeldiensis.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Boeger, Walter A.; Kritsky, Delane C. (2009). "Neotropical Monogenoidea. 54. Proposal of Aetheolabes n. g. (Dactylogyrinea: Diplectanidae), with the description of A. goeldiensis n. sp. from the gills of 'pescada' Plagioscion sp. (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) in Brazil". Systematic Parasitology 74 (2): 137–142. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9193-7. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 19731097. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2018). Aetheolabes Boeger & Kritsky, 2009. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717450 on 2018-08-16

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