''Lamellodiscus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

monopisthocotylea The Monopisthocotylea are an inferior class 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 Helmi ...

monogenea Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, 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 ...

ns in 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 numero ...

; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms,

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 the

gill A gill () is a respiration organ, respiratory organ that many aquatic ecosystem, 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 r ...

s of

teleost Teleostei (; Ancient Greek, Greek ''teleios'' "complete" + ''osteon'' "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts (), is, by far, the largest group of ray-finned fishes (class Actinopterygii), with 96% of all neontology, extant species of f ...

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Johnston & Tiegs, 1922, a parasite of a

sparid Sparidae is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Spariformes, the seabreams and porgies, although they were traditionally classified in the order Perciformes. The over 150 species are found in shallow and deep marine waters in tem ...

fish caught in

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. Johnston, T.H. & Tiegs, O.W. (1922) New Gyrodactyloid Trematodes from Australian fishes together with a reclassification of the Super-Family Gyrodactyloidea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 47, 83–131
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Etymology

T. Harvey Johnston &

Oscar Werner Tiegs Oscar Werner Tiegs Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, FAA (12 March 1897 – 5 November 1956) was an Australian zoologist whose career spanned the first half of the 20th century. His contribution to th ...

, who created the genus in 1922, did not formally explain the

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of the new name. However, their definition of the new genus "disc well developed, with the accessory locomotory disc (squamodisc) peculiarly modified in such a way as to present numerous concentric rows consisting each of a pair of laterally elongated lamellae" shows that the name refers to the lamellae of the

squamodisc Squamodiscs are epidermal structures, which are typical of and found only in certain monogeneans of the family Diplectanidae. There are, typically, two squamodiscs, one ventral and one dorsal, located on the haptor of the monogenean. Squamodiscs ...

(an attachment organ). Such an organ is now called a

lamellodisc Lamellodiscs are epidermal structures, which are typical of and found only in certain monogeneans of the family Diplectanidae. There are, typically, two lamellodiscs, one ventral and one dorsal, located on the haptor of the monogenean. Lamellodis ...

Hosts

Hosts of ''Lamellodiscus'' species are mainly sparids and lethrinids, with very rare cases reported from centracanthids, pomacanthids and pomacentrids.

Species

Species include: * ''

Lamellodiscus acanthopagri ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Joh ...

'' Roubal, 1981 * ''

Lamellodiscus baeri ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Joh ...

'' Oliver, 1974 Oliver, G. 1974: Nouveaux aspects du parasitisme des Diplectanidae Bychowsky 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea) chez les Téléostéens Perciformes des côtes de France. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 279, 803-805. * ''

Lamellodiscus bidens ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Joh ...

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, 1984 Euzet, L. 1984: Diplectanidae (Monogenea) parasites de poissons des Iles Kerkennah (Tunisie). Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis, 61, 463-474. * ''

Lamellodiscus butcheri ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Jo ...

'' Byrnes, 1987 * ''

Lamellodiscus caballeroi ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Jo ...

'' Venkatanarsaiah & Kullkarni, 1980 * ''

Lamellodiscus cirrusspiralis ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Jo ...

'' Byrnes, 1987 * ''

Lamellodiscus confusus ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Jo ...

'' Amine, Euzet & Kechemir-Issad, 2007 * ''

Lamellodiscus corallinus ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Jo ...

'' Paperna, 1965 * '' Lamellodiscus coronatus''

& Oliver, 1966 * '' Lamellodiscus crampus'' Neifar, 2008 * '' Lamellodiscus dentexi'' Aleshkina, 1984 * '' Lamellodiscus donatellae'' Aquaro, Riva & Galli, 2009 * '' Lamellodiscus drummondi''

& Oliver, 1967 * '' Lamellodiscus echeneis'' (Wagener, 1857) * '' Lamellodiscus elegans'' Bychowsky, 1957 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 * '' Lamellodiscus epsilon'' Yamaguti, 1968 Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. * '' Lamellodiscus ergensi''

& Oliver, 1966 * '' Lamellodiscus erythrini''

& Oliver, 1966 * '' Lamellodiscus euzeti'' Diamanka, Boudaya, Toguebaye & Pariselle, 2011 * '' Lamellodiscus falcus'' Amine,

& Kechemir-Issad, 2006 * '' Lamellodiscus flagellatus'' Boudaya, Neifar &

, 2009 * '' Lamellodiscus fraternus'' Bychowsky, 1957 * ''

Lamellodiscus furcillatus ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Jo ...

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 ...

, Jimenez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000 * '' Lamellodiscus furcosus''

& Oliver, 1966 * '' Lamellodiscus gracilis''

& Oliver, 1966 * '' Lamellodiscus hilii''

, 1984 * '' Lamellodiscus ignoratus'' Palombi, 1943 * '' Lamellodiscus impervius''

, 1984 * '' Lamellodiscus indicus'' Tripathi, 1959 * '' Lamellodiscus kechemirae'' Amine &

, 2005 * '' Lamellodiscus knoepffleri'' Oliver, 1969 Oliver G. (1969). Recherches sur les Diplectanidae (Monogenea) parasites de Téléostéens du Golfe de Lion. II. Lamellodiscinae nov.sub-fam. Vie et milieu, 20(1-A): 43-72. * '' Lamellodiscus magnicornis'' Justine & Briand, 2010 * '' Lamellodiscus major'' Murray, 1931 * '' Lamellodiscus mirandus''

& Oliver, 1966 * '' Lamellodiscus mormyri''

& Oliver, 1967 * '' Lamellodiscus neifari'' Amine,

& Kechemir-Issad, 2006 * '' Lamellodiscus niedashui'' Li, Zhang & Yang, 1995 * '' Lamellodiscus pagrosomi'' Murray, 1931 * '' Lamellodiscus parisi'' Oliver, 1969 * ''

Lamellodiscus parvicornis ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, Fish diseases and parasites, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is ' ...

'' Justine & Briand, 2010 * '' Lamellodiscus rastellus'' Neifar,

& Oliver, 2004 Neifar L., Euzet L. & Oliver G. 2004. ''Lamellodiscus'' (Plathelminthes, Monogenea, Diplectanidae) nouveaux parasites branchiaux des poissons marins du genre ''Pagrus'' (Teleostei, Sparidae). Zoosystema 26 (3): 365-376
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* '' Lamellodiscus sanfilippoi'' Amine, Neifar &

, 2006 * '' Lamellodiscus sarculus'' Neifar,

& Oliver, 2004 * '' Lamellodiscus sigillatus'' Neifar,

& Oliver, 2004 * '' Lamellodiscus spari'' Zhukov, 1970 * '' Lamellodiscus squamosus'' Roubal, 1981 * ''

Lamellodiscus takitai ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Joh ...

'' Ogawa & Eugusa, 1978 Ogawa K. & Egusa S. (1978). Three species of ''Lamellodiscus'' (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of the Japanese Black Sea Bream, ''Acanthopagrus schlegeli'' (Bleeker). Bull. Jap. Soc. Scient. Fish. 44(6): 607-612. * '' Lamellodiscus theroni'' Amine,

& Kechemir-Issad, 2007 * '' Lamellodiscus toguebayei'' Diamanka, Neifar, Pariselle &

, 2011 * '' Lamellodiscus tomentosus'' Amine &

, 2005 * '' Lamellodiscus triacies'' Diamanka, Neifar, Pariselle &

, 2011 * ''

Lamellodiscus tubulicornis ''Lamellodiscus'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae; all species of ''Lamellodiscus'' are small worms, Fish diseases and parasites, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish. The type-species of the genus is ' ...

'' Justine & Briand, 2010 * '' Lamellodiscus typicus'' Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 * '' Lamellodiscus vaginalis'' Byrnes, 1987Byrnes T. (1986). Six species of ''Lamellodiscus'' (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) collected from Australian bream (''Acanthopagrus'' spp.). Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab 31: 169-190. * '' Lamellodiscus verberis''

& Oliver, 1967 * '' Lamellodiscus vicinus'' Diamanka, Neifar, Pariselle &

, 2011 * '' Lamellodiscus virgula''

& Oliver, 1967

References

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