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Polyopisthocotylea
Polyopisthocotylea is a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. WoRMS (2019). Polyopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119220 on 2019-02-08Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea: John Wiley & Sons.Hayward, C. (2005). Monogenea Polyopisthocotylea (ectoparasitic flukes). In K. Rohde (Ed.), Marine Parasitology (pp. 55-63): CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia & CABI, Oxon, UK. Classification There are only two subclasses in the class Monogenea: * Monopisthocotylea. The name means "a single posterior sucker" - the attachment organ (the haptor) is simple. * Polyopisthocotylea. The name means "several posterior suckers" - the attachment organ (the haptor) is complex, with several clamps or suckers. The subclass Polyopisthocotylea contains the four following orders: * Order Chimaericolidea * Order Diclybothriidea * Order Mazocraeidea * Order Polystomatidea Examples of species * ''Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimaericola Leptogaster
''Chimaericola leptogaster'' is a species of polyopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Chimaericolidae. It is ectoparasitic on the gills of the chimaera ''Chimaera monstrosa''. History According to Brinkmann,Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On ''Octobothrium leptogaster'' FS Leuckart. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar. Series B, 2(3), 1-29. the species was discovered as early as 1828 on the gills of chimaeras off Norway by Rapp and was given a scientific name by Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart in 1830, as ''Octobothrium leptogaster'', but Leuckart did not see the animal. The species was then mentioned by Félix Dujardin and Karl Moriz Diesing, who also did not see the specimens. However, Diesing transferred the species to the genus ''Discocotyle'' but also considered the species as "species inquirenda". Later, in 1858, Diesing transferred the species to the genus ''Placoplectanum''. Olsson redescribed the animal in 1876 Olsson, P. (1876). Bidrag till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monogenea
Monogeneans are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reproductive structures.L.A. Tubbsa et al. (2005). "Effects of temperature on fecundity in vitro, egg hatching and reproductive development of ''Benedenia seriolae'' and ''Zeuxapta seriolae'' (Monogenea) parasitic on yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi". ''International Journal for Parasitology''(35), 315–327. Some monogeneans are oviparous (egg-laying) and some are viviparous (live-bearing). Oviparous varieties release eggs into the water. Viviparous varieties release larvae, which immediately attach to another host. The genus ''Gyrodactylus'' is an example of a viviparous variety, while the genus ''Dactylogyrus'' is an example of an oviparous variety. Signs and symptoms Freshwater fish that become infected with this parasite become le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haptor
The haptor is the attachment organ of the monogeneans, a group of parasitic Platyhelminthes. The haptor is sometimes called opisthaptor (from ''opistho-'': behind) to emphasize that it is located in the posterior part of the body, and to differentiate it from the prohaptor (from ''pro-'': in front), a structure including glands located at the anterior part of the body. According to Yamaguti (1963), the chief adhesive organ of the monogeneans, the haptor, is posterior, more or less discoid, muscular, may be divided into alveoli or loculi, is usually provided with anchors, has nearly always marginal larval hooklets, or is in a reduced form with anchors. The haptor may consist of symmetrical or asymmetrical, sessile or pedunculate, muscular suckers or clamps with or without supporting sclerites; accessory adhesive organs may be present in form of armed plaques, lappets or appendices. The structure of the haptor is different in the two major groups constituting the Monogenea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamp (zoology)
Clamps are the main attachment structure of the Polyopisthocotylean monogeneans. Bychowsky, B. E. (1957) Monogenetic Trematodes. Their systematic and phylogeny. Akad. Nauka. USSR. English translation by the American Institute of Biological Science, Washington. 509 pp. These ectoparasitic worms have a variable number of clamps on their haptor (the posterior attachment organ); each clamp is attached to the host fish, generally to its gill. Clamps include sclerotised elements, called the sclerite A sclerite ( Greek , ', meaning " hard") is a hardened body part. In various branches of biology the term is applied to various structures, but not as a rule to vertebrate anatomical features such as bones and teeth. Instead it refers most commonl ...s, and muscles. The structure of clamps varies according to the groups within the Polyopisthocotylean monogeneans; microcotylids have relatively simple clamps, whereas gastrocotylids have more complex clamps. References {{Reflist Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diclybothriidea
Diclybothriidea is an order of monogeneans in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea. Families * Diclybothriidae Bychowsky & Gusev, 1950Bychowski, B. E. & Gusev, A. W. (1950). The family Diclybothriidae and its systematic position. ''Parazitologicheskii Sbornik Zoologicheskie Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR'', 12, 275–299. *Hexabothriidae Hexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942.Price, E. W. 1942: North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae n. n. (Polystomatoidea). Proceedings of the Helminth ... Price, 1942Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n. (Polystomatoidea). ''Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington'', 9(2), 39–56. References Polyopisthocotylea Platyhelminthes orders {{monogenea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazocraeidea
Mazocraeidea is an order in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within class Monogenea. The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gastrocotylidae and related families. However, these additional sclerites, and even the clamps themselves, are lacking in certain members of the family Protomicrocotylidae. Families ;According to PESI * Anthocotylidae Bychowsky, 1957 * Axinidae Monticelli, 1903 * Chauhaneidae Euzet & Trilles, 1960 * Diclidophoridae Fuhrmann, 1928 * Diplozoidae * Discocotylidae Price, 1936 * Gotocotylidae Yamaguti, 1963 * Heteraxinidae Unnithan, 1957 * Hexostomatidae Price, 1936 * Mazocraeidae Price, 1936 * Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 * Octolabeidae * Plectanocotylidae Monticelli, 1903 * Protomicrocotylidae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 * Pyragraphoridae Yamaguti, 1963 ;According to the World Register of Marine Species: * Allodiscocotylidae * Allopyragraphoridae * Anchoro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monopisthocotylea
The Monopisthocotylea are a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. WoRMS (2019). Monopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119219 on 2019-02-08 Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea: John Wiley & Sons.Hayward, C. (2005). Monogenea Polyopisthocotylea (ectoparasitic flukes). In K. Rohde (Ed.), Marine Parasitology (pp. 55-63): CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia & CABI, Oxon, UK. Classification There are only two subclasses in the class Monogenea: * Monopisthocotylea. The name means "a single posterior sucker" - the attachment organ (the haptor) is simple. * Polyopisthocotylea. The name means "several posterior suckers" - the attachment organ (the haptor) is complex, with several clamps or suckers. The subclass Monopisthocotylea contains these orders: * Order Capsalidea * Order Dactylogyridea * Order Gyrodactylidea * Order Monocotylidea * Order Montchadskyellidea Example of species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polystoma Integerrimum
''Polystoma integerrimum'' is a flatworm (platyhelminth) from the class Monogenea found in amphibians in Asia and Europe. It is an endoparasite of frogs and toads and has an unusual life cycle which synchronises with that of its host. Description ''P. integerrimum'' is a leaf-like flatworm that can grow to a maximum length of about . At the anterior (head) end are the mouth and a pair of suckers, and at the posterior end is the main device by which the parasite attaches to its host, the opisthaptor, with its three pairs of suckers, a pair of hooked anchors and marginal hooks. The flatworm's mouth is connected to a muscular pharynx, an oesophagus and a gut, but it has no anus. Ecology ''P. integerrimum'' inhabits the bladder of a frog or toad where it feeds on blood, mucus and the sloughed cells of its host. Unlike many species of flatworm, the adults are either male or female, with functional testes or ovaries. The eggs are produced throughout the year but are stored in the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplozoon Paradoxum
''Diplozoon paradoxum'' is a flatworm (platyhelminth) from the class Monogenea. It is found in freshwater fishes in Asia and Europe and known for its complete monogamy. This parasite is commonly found on the gills of European cyprinid fishes. It is usually around 0.7 centimeters long (approximately the size of a fingernail) and has bilateral symmetry. It has several hooks at its mouth which it uses to grab on to the gills of a fish. From there it feeds on the blood of the cyprinid. They exhibit strong seasonal variation in their reproductive activity. Unlike most parasites that produce gametes all year, ''D. paradoxum'' gametes are produced primarily during the spring, with the highest production from May to June and continuing through the rest of the summer. The eggs are laid in a freshwater fish's gills. There it hatches into a larval stage ( oncomiracidium, diporpa). It remains in that stage unless two larvae come together. Then the two larvae undergo metamorphosis and become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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