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Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis

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Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Ancyrocephalus
Species:
A. chiapanensis
Binomial name
Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis
Mendoza-Franco, Caspeta-Mandujano & Ramírez-Martínez, 2018

Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis is a species of ancyrocephalid monogenean. It is a parasite of the gills of the maya needlefish Strongylura hubbsi (Belonidae).

According to Mendoza-Franco, Caspeta-Mandujano and Ramírez-Martínez, the species resembles other species of Ancyrocephalus but can be differentiated by details of the male copulatory organ and of the haptor.[1]

The species was found on fish collected in the Rio Lacantún basin in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Caspeta-Mandujano, Juan M.; Ramírez-Martínez, Carlos (2018). "New species of Paracolpenteron n. gen. and Ancyrocephalus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) inhabiting the urinary bladder and gills of the Maya needlefish Strongylura hubbsi (Beloniformes, Belonidae) from Chiapas, Mexico". Parasite. 25: 55. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018053. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6238653. PMID 30444487. Open access icon