Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia
| Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia | |
|---|---|
.png) |
|
| 3 Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia sp. on the gill of a deepwater longtail red snapper | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Subclass: | Monopisthocotylea |
| Family: | Capsalidae |
| Genus: |
Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia Yamaguti, 1966 |
Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogenean, included in the family Capsalidae. The type-species of the genus is Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia etelis Yamaguti, 1966. The genus includes only 2 species, which are both parasitic on the gills of marine fish of the family Lutjanidae.
Species of the genus Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia are, like most monogeneans of the family Capsalidae, flat with a posterior disc-shaped haptor which attaches to the gill of their host. Their distinctive feature is a “vagina lageniform, between uterus and right intestinal limb, opening almost midventrally behind cirrus pouch”.
The etymology of this extremely long name involves three steps:
Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia, with 27 letters and 17 syllables, is possibly the longest valid generic name of the zoological nomenclature for a non-fossil organism.
Hosts of species of monogeneans of the genus Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia are parasitic on fish which are members of the genus Etelis (family Lutjanidae), found in deep-sea in the Pacific Ocean.
Only two species are currently known in this genus.
...
Wikipedia