Susanlimae

Susanlimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Monopisthocotylea
Family: Dactylogyridae
Genus: Susanlimae
Boeger, Pariselle & Patella, 2015 [1]
Species: S. ianwhittingtoni
Binomial name
Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni
Boeger, Pariselle & Patella, 2015

Susanlimae is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging in the family Dactylogyridae (or Ancyrocephalidae, according to the classification used).

The etymology of the genus name is an homage to the Malaysian parasitologist Susan Lim. The authors stated that Dr. Lim was greatly responsible for most of our knowledge of the diversity of Monogenea from Asian Siluriformes. [1]

Species

The genus Susanlimae includes the single species Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni, which is also the type-species.

References

  1. 1 2 Boeger, Walter A.; Pariselle, Antoine; Patella, Luciana (2015). "Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), a dweller of the gill rakers of Pseudeutropius moolenburghae (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae) from Sumatra". Zoologia (Curitiba). 32 (6): 532–537. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000600011. ISSN 1984-4689.


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