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 ...
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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 ...
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family
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Gyrodactylidae
''Gyrodactylidae'' is a Family (biology), family of flatworms in the Order (biology), order Gyrodactylidea.
Genera
*''Acanthoplacatus'' Ernst, Jones & Whittington, 2001Ernst, I., Jones, M. & Whittington, I. (2001). A new genus of viviparous gyro ...
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Species
*'' Polyclithrum alberti'' Ernst, Whittington & Jones, 2000Ernst, I., Jones, M. & Whittington, I. (2001). A new genus of viviparous gyrodactylid (Monogenea) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia with descriptions of seven new species. ''Journal of Natural History'', 35(3), 313–340.
*'' Polyclithrum boegeri'' Ernst, Whittington & Jones, 2000
*'' Polyclithrum corallense'' Ernst, Whittington & Jones, 2000
*'' Polyclithrum gerasevi'' Gaevskaya & Dmitrieva, 1997Gaevskaya, A. V. & Dmitrieva, E. V. (1997). Overview of Black Sea monogenean fauna. ''Ecologiya Morya'', 46, 7–17.
*'' Polyclithrum mugilini'' Rogers, 1967
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Polyclithrum ponticum
''Polyclithrum'' is a genus of monogeneans in the Family (biology), family Gyrodactylidae.
Species
*''Polyclithrum alberti'' Ernst, Whittington & Jones, 2000Ernst, I., Jones, M. & Whittington, I. (2001). A new genus of viviparous gyrodactylid (M ...
'' Gerasev, Dmitrieva & Gaevskaya, 2002Gerasev, P. I., Dmitrieva, E. V. & Gaevskaya, A. V. (2002). ''Polyclithrum ponticum'' sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae: Polyclithrinae) from ''Mugil cephalus'' from the Black Sea and problems of suprageneric systematics of the gyrodactylids. ''Parazitologya'', 36(5), 396–404.
*'' Polyclithrum rodgersi'' Dmitrieva, Gerasev, Gibson, Pronkina & Galli, 2012Dmitrieva, E., Gerasev, P., Gibson, D., Pronkina, N. & Galli, P. (2012). Descriptions of eight new species of ''Ligophorus'' Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from Red Sea mullets. ''Systematic Parasitology'', 81(3), 203–237.