Enterogyrus

<i>Enterogyrus</i>

Enterogyrus

Genus of flatworms

Enterogyrus is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[2]

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All members of the genus are parasitic on fish, but, in contrast to most ancyrocephalid which are parasites on the gills, species of Enterogyrus are parasite in the digestive system.[1][3]

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]

  • Enterogyrus amieti Bilong Bilong, Euzet & Birgi, 1996 [4]
  • Enterogyrus barombiensis Bilong Bilong, Birgi & Euzet, 1991
  • Enterogyrus cichlidarum Paperna, 1963 [1]
  • Enterogyrus coronatus Pariselle, Lambert & Euzet, 1991 [5]
  • Enterogyrus crassus Bilong Bilong, Euzet & Birgi, 1996 [4]
  • Enterogyrus foratus Pariselle, Lambert & Euzet, 1991 [5]
  • Enterogyrus malmbergi Bilong Bilong, 1988
  • Enterogyrus melenensis Bilong Bilong, Birgi & Lambert, 1989
  • Enterogyrus coronatus, sclerotised parts
  • Enterogyrus malmbergi, sclerotised parts
  • Enterogyrus malmbergi, body
  • Scanning electron microscopy of various species


References

  1. [1]
    Paperna I., 1963. Enterogyrus cichlidarum n. gen. n. sp., a monogenetic trematode parasitic in the intestine of fish. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, 11B, 183–187.
  2. [2]
    WoRMS (2019). Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1051925 on 2019-02-05
  3. [3]
    Zhang, Shuai; Zhi, Tingting; Xu, Xiangli; Zheng, Yingying; Bilong Bilong, Charles Félix; Pariselle, Antoine; Yang, Tingbao (2019). "Monogenean fauna of alien tilapias (Cichlidae) in south China". Parasite. 26: 4. doi:10.1051/parasite/2019003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6361074. PMID 30714897. Open access icon
  4. [4]
    Bilong-Bilong, C. F.; Euzet, L.; Birgi, E. (1996). "Monogenean stomach parasites of cichlid fishes from Cameroon: Two new species of the genus Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 (Ancyrocephalidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 34 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1007/BF01531208. ISSN 0165-5752. (subscription required)
  5. [5]
    Pariselle, Antoine; Lambert, Alain; Euzet, Louis (1991). "A new type of haptor in mesoparasitic monogeneans of the genus Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963, with a description of Enterogyrus foratus n. sp. and E. coronatus n. sp, stomach parasites of cichlids in West Africa". Systematic Parasitology. 20 (3): 211–220. doi:10.1007/BF00009785. ISSN 0165-5752. (subscription required)
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