Anchoradiscus is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae. All members of the genus are parasitic on North American centrachid fish.[2] [3]
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| Genus: | Anchoradiscus Mizelle, 1941 [1]
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Species
editA single species is considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]
- Anchoradiscus triangularis (Summers, 1937) Mizelle, 1941 [1]
References
edit- ^ a b Mizelle, J. D. (1941). Studies on Monogenetic Trematodes. IV. Anchoradiscus, a new dactylogyrid genus from the Bluegill and the Stump-Knocker Sunfish. Journal of Parasitology, 27(2), 159-163. JSTOR
- ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Anchoradiscus Mizelle, 1941. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253956 on 2018-08-14
- ^ Beverley-Burton, M. (1986). The taxonomic status of Actinocleidus Mueller, 1937; Anchoradiscus Mizelle, 1941; Clavunculus Mizelle et al., 1956; Anchoradiscoides Rogers, 1967; Syncleithrium Price, 1967 and Crinicleidus n. gen.: North American ancyrocephalids (Monogenea) with articulating haptoral bars. Journal of Parasitology, 72, 22-44. JSTOR