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| Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Gastrocotylidae |
| Genus: | Allogastrocotyle Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984 |
Allogastrocotyle is a genus within the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. The only species in this genus (Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis) is parasitic upon fish.
Systematics
Allogastrocotyle was established to accommodate Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis from the gills of the rough scad Trachurus lathami, and designated as the type species of the genus. This genus resembles Gastrocotyle and Pseudaxine especially in having a haptor developed on one side of the body. However, it differs by the following features:
- Two ventro-lateral vaginal pores, one on each side of the body.
- Clamps supported by short peduncles.
- Haptor occupying two longitudinal thirds of the body.
Species
Allogastrocotyle includes one species:
- Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984
References
- ^ Nasir, P. & Fuentes, J.L. (1983). "Algunos trematodos monogeneticos Venezolanos". Revista de Parasitologia. 44: 335-380. (In Spanish).
- Metazoan parasites in the neotropics: a systematic and ecological perspective. UNAM. 2000. ISBN 9789683688279.
- Bouguerche, Chahinez; Tazerouti, Fadila; Gey, Delphine; Justine, Jean-Lou (2019). "Redescription and molecular characterisation of Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1983 (Monogenea: Gastrocotylidae) from Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich) (Perciformes: Carangidae) off the Algerian coast, Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). Systematic Parasitology. 96 (8): 681–694. doi:10.1007/s11230-019-09883-7. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 31576478. S2CID 203625947.
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