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Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia

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Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia
3 Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia sp. on the gill of a deepwater longtail red snapper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Capsalidea
Family: Capsalidae
Genus: Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia
Yamaguti, 1966

Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogenean (a group of ectoparasitic flatworms), included in the family Capsalidae.[1] The type-species of the genus is Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia etelis Yamaguti, 1966.[2] The genus includes only 2 species, which are both parasitic on the gills of marine fish of the family Lutjanidae.

Morphology

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Species of the genus Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia are, like most monogeneans of the family Capsalidae, flat with a posterior disc-shaped haptor which attaches to the gill of their host. Their distinctive feature is a “vagina lageniform, between uterus and right intestinal limb, opening almost midventrally behind cirrus pouch”.[2]

Etymology and curiosity of zoological nomenclature

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The etymology of this extremely long name involves three steps:

Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia, with 27 letters and 17 syllables, is possibly the longest valid generic name of the zoological nomenclature for a non-fossil organism.[1][5]

Hosts

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Deep-sea fish of the genus Etelis are host of species of Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia

Hosts of species of monogeneans of the genus Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia are parasitic on fish which are members of the genus Etelis (family Lutjanidae), found in deep-sea in the Pacific Ocean.

Species

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Only two species are currently known in this genus.

References

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  1. ^ a b Whittington, I. D. 2004: The Capsalidae (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea): a review of diversity, classification and phylogeny with a note about species complexes. Folia Parasitologica, 51, 109-122. PDF Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c Yamaguti S. 1966. New monogenetic trematodes from Hawaiian fishes, II. Pacific Science 20(4): 419-434. PDF Open access icon
  3. ^ Johnston, T. Harvey (1931). "New Trematodes from the Subantarctic and Antarctic". Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science. 8 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1038/icb.1931.7. ISSN 0818-9641. PDF Open access icon
  4. ^ Karl Moriz Diesing, 1858. Revision der Myzhelminthen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien: K.-K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn. BHL PDF Open access icon
  5. ^ Mark Isaak. "Wordplay: Long and Short Names". Curiosity of Zoological Nomenclature.
  6. ^ Justine, JL.; Beveridge, I.; Boxshall, GA.; Bray, RA.; Miller, TL.; Moravec, F.; Trilles, JP.; Whittington, ID. (2012). "An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish". Aquatic Biosystems. 8 (1): 22. Bibcode:2012AqBio...8...22J. doi:10.1186/2046-9063-8-22. PMC 3507714. PMID 22947621. Open access icon
  7. ^ Timofeeva, T. A. (1995). "New species of the genera Pseudallobenedenia Yamaguti, 1966 and Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia Yamaguti, 1966 (Monogenea: Capsalidae) in the Indo-Pacific". Systematic Parasitology. 32 (1): 71–77. doi:10.1007/BF00009469. ISSN 0165-5752. S2CID 44047202.