''Ameloblastella'' is a genus of
monogeneans belonging to the family
Ancyrocephalidae
Ancyrocephalidae is a family of monogenean flatworms.WoRMS (2018). Ancyrocephalidae Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1968. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160481 on 2018-08-09 The family is considered as a "temporary name" in ...
.
[Kritsky, D. C., Mendoza-Franco, E. F., & Scholz, T. (2000). Neotropical Monogenoidea. 36. Dactylogyrids from the gills of ''Rhamdia guatemalensis'' (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, with proposal of ''Ameloblastella'' gen. n. and ''Aphanoblastella'' gen. n. (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae). Comparative Parasitology, 67(1), 76-84.][WoRMS (2018). Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253718 on 2018-08-12.]
All members of the genus are
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
on fish.
Species
The following species are considered valid according to WoRMS:
[
* '' Ameloblastella amazonica'' Negreiros, Tavares-Dias & Pereira, 2019
* '' Ameloblastella chavarriai'' (Price, 1938) ]Kritsky
''Kritsky'' is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes.WoRMS (2018). Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871002 on 2018-09-23 The name of the genus ...
, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000
* '' Ameloblastella edentensis'' Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016
References
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Ancyrocephalidae
Monogenea genera