Cichlidogyrus gillesi

Cichlidogyrus gillesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Monopisthocotylea
Family: Dactylogyridae
Genus: Cichlidogyrus
Species: Cichlidogyrus gillesi
Pariselle, Nyom & Bilong, 2013

Cichlidogyrus gillesi is a species of Monopisthocotylean Monogenean, belonging in the family Dactylogyridae. It is known to infect Tilapia species, particularly Tilapia guineensis, and was first found in Cameroon. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by a large and trapezoid heel of the penis, as well as having an S-shaped and wrinkle-walled vagina.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Pariselle, Antoine; Bitja Nyom, Arnold R.; Bilong, Charles F. (2013). "Checklist of the ancyrocephalids (Monogenea) parasitizing Tilapia species in Cameroon, with the description of three new species". Zootaxa. 3599 (1): 78–86. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24583817. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3599.1.7.


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