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Diplectanum
Illustration of Diplectanum aequans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Dactylogyridea
Family:	Diplectanidae
Genus:	Diplectanum Diesing, 1858

Diplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. The genus, created by Karl Moriz Diesing, gave its name to the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of teleosts. The type-species of the genus is Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857).

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, many species are included in this genus. Examples are:

• Diplectanum aculeatum Parona & Perugia, 1889
• Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857)
• Diplectanum banyulense Oliver, 1968
• Diplectanum belengeri (Chauhan, 1945) Chauhan, 1954
• Diplectanum bocqueti Oliver, 1980
• Diplectanum chabaudi Oliver, 1980
• Diplectanum copiosum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006
• Diplectanum dollfusi Oliver, 1980
• Diplectanum femineum Justine & Henry, 2010
• Diplectanum flagritubus Nagibina, 1976

References

1. Diesing, K. M. 1858. Revision der Myzhelminthen. Abtheilung: Trematoden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien :K.-K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn. pp. 307-390 Biodiversity Heritage Library
2. Oliver, Guy (2015). Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse (thesis). Figshare. doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274.
3. ^ Wagener, G. (1857). Helminthologische Bemerkungen aus einem Sandsschreibe an C. Th. V. Siebold. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 9, 73-90. Biodiversity Heritage Library Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
4. WoRMS (2018). Diplectanum Diesing, 1858. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119291 on 2018-10-29

• Diplectanidae
• Monogenea genera