''Acanthocercodes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 V ...

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 reprod ...

ns, belonging to the family

Diplectanidae The Diplectanidae are a family of monopisthocotylean monogeneans. They are all parasitic on the gills of fish (marine or freshwater). Diplectanids are small animals, generally around 1 mm in length. As parasites, they can be extremely numerou ...

.WoRMS (2018). Acanthocercodes Kritsky & Diggles, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849725 on 2018-08-16 All its species are

parasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...

of the

gill A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they ar ...

lamellae of marine

teleosts Teleostei (; Greek ''teleios'' "complete" + ''osteon'' "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts ), is, by far, the largest infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, containing 96% of all extant species of fish. Teleo ...

. The type-species of the genus is '' Acanthocercodes bullardi'' Kritsky & Diggles, 2015.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, species include: * '' Acanthocercodes bullardi'' Kritsky & Diggles, 2015 * '' Acanthocercodes megacirrus'' (Maillard & Vala, 1980) Kritsky & Diggles, 2015 * '' Acanthocercodes polynemus'' (Tripathi, 1957) Kritsky & Diggles, 2015 * ''

Acanthocercodes spinosus ''Acanthocercodes'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.WoRMS (2018). Acanthocercodes Kritsky & Diggles, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849725 on 2018-08- ...

'' (Maillard & Vala, 1980) Kritsky & Diggles, 2015

References

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